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I suppose it matters if you consider these a success. Many would. Drinking water has improved from 99% to 99.96%. Low pressure has dropped from 2% to 0.001%. Unplanned outages have dropped from 0.4% to 0.003%. Leaks have dropped from 4980ml/d to less than 2900. Household metering has gone from zero to 60% leading to drops in consumption. Properties at risk of sewage flooding have dropped from 32,000 to 3000. Bathing water standards have risen from 27% pass rate to 96%. A 3rd of complaints were not answered within 10 days, now it's 0.4% for 5 days. Water pollutants such as BOD, ammonia, and orthophosphates are massively down and at all time lows. These are all sewage indicators. Other pollutants such as cadmium, lead, nickel, copper and zinc tell the same story. On top of all that we outperform the nationalised systems of Wales and Scotland and the NFP system of Wales. All with similar levels of debt per capita.

I want to be honest about how we’ve got to a place where British billpayers are paying some of the highest energy costs in Europe. Over the past 40 years, we’ve given up control of our necessities, outsourced our essentials and privatised the basics. Water, transport, housing. And of course, energy. Now the public are paying the price. We haven’t invested in the infrastructure we need. Conflict overseas has pushed up energy costs and it’s hurting our businesses and families. That’s why we need to take back greater control of our energy system. This week, I announced Great British Grid, which will speed up connections and push down bills. We’re also giving mayors, local leaders and communities a stronger role. With funding for People’s Power projects, communities will be able to build solar panels on libraries and town halls, hydro schemes in rivers or publicly owned windfarms on local land. But it’s not just energy we need stronger public control over. It’s also water, housing, transport and care. So we’re repealing the ban on public ownership of water companies. We’re building more council homes than this country has seen since the end of World War Two. We’re reforming the leasehold system so families aren’t squeezed for every penny. And we’re opening up home ownership for first time buyers who can’t rely on the bank of mum and dad. This week I also announced my determination to introduce a National Care Service, to put people above profit and to give pensioners peace of mind. Together, we’ll rewire the country from top to bottom so that it works for all people in all places. That is the only way to put Britain back on the right path. It’s the only way to put power back in people’s hands. And it’s the only way we will bring hope again.