Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it Thames Water has paid its finance chief a £1m signing fee despite teetering on the brink of a government-handled administration, in a decision which the environment department labelled ...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/thames-water-fee-finance-chief-andy-burnham)