Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

Labour politicians close to Andy Burnham are proposing a middle path for struggling water companies, The Guardian reports: converting them into not-for-profit cooperatives. This mutualised model would place control in public hands without adding to government debt — a proposal being pressed as the debate over Thames Water's future continues.

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