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flag Oxford City Council urges UK to take Thames Water public over sewage and service failures.

flag Oxford City Council has unanimously backed a motion urging the UK government to bring Thames Water into public ownership, citing ongoing sewage spills, water outages, and environmental damage, including nearly 300,000 hours of raw sewage discharge in 2024. flag Councillors from Labour, the Greens, and independents criticized the company’s poor service and infrastructure, linking failures to stalled housing projects. flag The Liberal Democrats abstained, favoring special administration instead. flag Thames Water defended its current turnaround plan, warning public ownership could delay progress and increase costs. flag The move follows a similar 2023 resolution and comes as the UK replaces water regulator Ofwat.

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