Martin Lewis evidence to MPs… the biggest area of complaint I get about energy bills is on the Standing Charge.
Just a small part of the evidence given at the Commons Public Accounts committee you can watch the full session here: https://t.co/EWNRsrTH1l
And in conclusion ... thank you so much once again to everyone at the GMB @GMB_union for the opportunity to speak at Congress this week, a honour and a privilege.
A short tale about leadership.
The call for public ownership of the water industry is growing louder everyday.
Why are govt refusing a referendum, why are govt refusing to allow the public to decide?
https://t.co/RIWSwgPl7u
90% of countries in the world can own their water but not us. People in England want their water back. But the government is protecting private water profiteers.
It’s time to give the public a say. @Feargal_Sharkey wants you stand up and be counted. Sign the petition: https://t.co/NdwoKq7k3o
Can any of you lovely people who are in the Cornwall area please look out for this little dog. My friends are on holiday and he's run off
Please retweet and see if we can get him home
"Welsh Water faces £44.7m 'enforcement package' for sewage failings."
The most abhorrent part in all of all of this is that Ofwat has just admitted that since 1994 when the sewage treatment regulations were introduced Welsh Water, like every other sewage company in the UK have been breaking the law.
That's 37 years of illegal activity, 37 years of incompetence, 37 years of failure, 37 years of the gross, violent, decimation of our rivers and beaches.
Where's the justice for them, where's the justice for bill players, where's the accountability, why aren't Ofwat's board now being prosecuted for misconduct in public office?
https://t.co/gn0tyg66Ti
You'll want to be sitting down for this bit.
Water companies are currently £82.7 billion in debt, have paid themselves £85 billion in dividends, leak over a trillion of litres of water per year, dump sewage for almost 4 million hours per year, have been convicted of over 1,200 criminal acts since 1989 and an average of 35% of your bill goes on nothing but paying more interest and yet more dividends.
And not a single company has ever lost their operating licence. 👇
Starmer just announced 'full national ownership' of British Steel.
Labour are bringing emergency legislation, because 'public ownership is in the public interest'
So this government CAN nationalise. And they can do it quickly.
Why, then, are we not announcing emergency legislation to bring our water into public ownership? 🧐
Massive congratulations to @WindrushWasp for this important milestone 👏
Let's not stop there though, 100k isn't enough.
When this is debated we need to apply seismic pressure to all MPs.
They need to know that if they block this, they are going to be voted out.