Thames Water: Ministers weigh contingency plans for collapse
Water firms have accrued 拢54bn in debt since privatisation - but paid out dividends to shareholders of 拢66bn, according to an analysis by The Guardian newspaper last year.
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The government has begun drawing up contingency plans for the collapse of Thames Water amid growing doubts about the company's ability to service its 拢14bn debt-pile.