Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes

<p>Exclusive: ‘Ransom note’ requests would leave Environment Agency unable to prosecute company or management</p><p>Lenders vying to take over Thames Water have demanded that the struggling company and its management be granted immunity from prosecution for serious environmental crimes as a condition of acquiring it, the Guardian can reveal.</p><p>Creditors want the environment secretary, Steve Reed, to grant the water company extraordinary clemency from a series of strict rules covering everything from sewage spills to failure to upgrade its water treatment works.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/bidders-demand-thames-water-granted-immunity-over-environmental-crimes">Continue reading...</a>