Kemi Badenoch thinks “privatisation was a success". She's living in an alternate reality. Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong in Britain. In the years since privatisation our waterways have been pumped with sewage whilst water bosses receive bonus after bonus. Labour is putting an end to this with a strengthened Water Bill which will repeal Margaret Thatcher’s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies. And we’ll also give Mayors new powers to hold water companies to account, and close the loopholes water companies use to pay excessive bonuses.