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By: Natascha Engel

Natascha Engel was MP from 2005 to 2017 and now runs Palace Yard, a think tank

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  • Thames Water is Burnham’s first big test: will he do what’s right or what’s popular?

    Opinion

    Thames Water will run out of money in a matter of months, but the government rejected a plan to save it. Now, Burnham’s talk of renationalisation is already scaring off investors and reducing the tax revenues available to fun public services, says Natascha Engel Now that Keir Starmer has announced his departure, the question is [...]

    Thames Water infrastructure with pipes and valves, highlighting water management in urban areas amidst ongoing utility dis...
  • Nationalising water would turn off the investment taps

    Opinion

    Government has neither the money nor the capacity to run our water industry and nationalisation would be the surest way to stop investment in it. Only the private sector has deep enough pockets to fund that level of investment, says Natascha Engel People across Kent and Sussex have had to use their neighbour’s toilets and [...]

    Macquarie is to invest £1.2bn into Southern Water in a move that could prevent a breach of its regulatory license.
  • Spare a thought for MPs, they don’t have a chance of succeeding like FTSE execs

    natascha engel

    We're always telling politicians they could learn from business, but they don't have half of the advantages of being a C-suite boss, writes Natascha Engel

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