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The Cost of the Infrastructure Backlog
The water companies were privatised with no debt, sort of 1989. They have now racked up 60.6 billion worth of debt and we're all paying for that interest. But at the same time they haven't invested in the infrastructure. There's insufficient capacity to treat this growing population sewage needs. Who will pay for it? The water companies have all the debt. Customer bills are already high enough. People are struggling. So the big question is, is there the government commitment to actually take on the cost of the failing infrastructure? Right, got it. These scenes are a great campaigning opportunity for the opposition parties. This has got to be a big danger to the Tory marginals and to
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