A senior politician has proposed nationalising water companies as a solution to what she describes as decades of insufficient investment in the sector. The plan aims to address long-standing concerns over infrastructure and service quality by bringing water utilities under public ownership. Critics of privatisation argue that current arrangements have failed to deliver adequate maintenance and upgrades. The suggestion comes amid ongoing debates over how to fund and manage essential utilities in the face of rising costs and public dissatisfaction.
Rachel Millward says her party would nationalise water companies to reverse years of “radical underinvestment".
