how do they think people will find the money ??

i no its not sound a lot but to some familes it is.

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Too many people on our small island!

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and the reason for this is because?…………

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Hang on a minute?

Weren’t they fined for over chargeing a couple of years ago? But they have put their prices up every year since. So if they were overcharging two years ago and their prices are even higher now, doesn’t that mean they are still overcharging???

If a private business was accused of overcharging and then went on to put it’s prices upven more, how many customers do you think that company would have coming back to them ?….easy maths question that one! (and the answer to anyone at Severn Trent who can’t work it out, is less than one)

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struggling on limited income. The first hike of the year ..Fat cats get fatter and we get poorer.
But it wont change until we all stand up and say enough is enough. Next the Council taxes.

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Monkey, I think you’ll find the water industry is privatised, and has been since the late 1980′s.

The word you want is nationalised, but how do you think the taxpayer is going to fund your bright idea when the banks have been pretty much brought into public ownership in the last six months?

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This is daylight robbery.

Water is a natural resource, and is essential for life.

The Whole industry should be Nationalised, and water provided free of charge for normal domestic use – (and similar “domastic use, ie “personal” use within the work place).

That is: Providing what is an essential “life” resource (and always has been an essential resource since the dawn of life on earth)..
.. should be the responsibilty of Government, and thus paid for out of taxataion.

Water is not like a “manufactured” product, where profit on sales of which lines the pockets of shareholders and directors.

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The price rise is on April 1st…..it’s a joke…..isn’t it?????….;-)

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its already privatised monkey thats why its so inefficient and expensive because of the lazy fat cats getting rich at our expense

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there costs must be going down as engineers and construction workers become ten a penny, plus we are all using less now being green and showering instead of bathing etc, so how can they justify a price hike, i think the price should be going down if anything

its not like i can cancel my bill is it, and go to southern water instead, a monopoly in the private sector should be illegal, severn trent needs breaking up or nationalising, end of

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Maybe we should all ask for water meters? Would this help with the cost? iv been wondering this for a long time as there is only me and my son here and to be honest we use very little water!

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this is Labour that did this, the Party of high prices, unemployment and high taxes, high rates, the lot, the Labour party desire to pamper to EU environmental reulations and the greeny lefty lobby are why your water bills go up, we would get out of the EU and go back tto the good old days of being GREAT britain, we would make water free, not on meters, that is a big brother move from a lfty nany state, the private sector will be more efficiency and we will make water better, remember the bad old days of british rail, on strike and leaves on the line, well maggie sorted them lot, god bless her, and you socialists who want the government to own it can go vote labour or leave the uk as far as im concerned, you sorry socialists

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the tories were wrong in the 80′s and bliar was wrong in the 90′s

natural resources and especially natural monopolies like phone lines are better off in the PUBLIC ownership

this is i think now a universally accepted fact as all your other posters have commented, its just now working out in private hands, lets nationalise them

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well said harlescott, the blame lies with successive governments. the reason rail fares are so expensive can be traced back to heavy under investment by succesive governments probably starting with transport minister ernie marples and dr beeching in 1960 and successive administration have washed their hands of our railways not helped by a botched privatisation job in the early 1990′s

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lets all chuck stuff down the drain and block th sewers to protest against them

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the governemnt should act to cap this like the do with council tax rises

for the sake of the economy and recovery we need cash in our pockets so tax and utlilities must be reduced

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