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"Whereas councils used to adopt new estates, the CMA has found that 80% of new homes built by the 11 largest developers in 2021-22 were sold under the fleecehold system, with £260m in estate management charges paid out in 2022 alone"
Who is accountable in privatised Britain?
From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.
www.newstatesman.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Whereas councils used to adopt new estates, the CMA has found that 80% of new homes built by the 11 largest developers in 2021-22 were sold under the fleecehold system, with £260m in estate management charges paid out in 2022 alone"
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Our water bill in Devon has just come through today. It's doubled.
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Our water bill in Devon has just come through today. It's doubled.
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
Our town had the cryptosporidium outbreak.
We've had sewage in our beaches and the river.
And the CEO of South West water got a £300,000 pay rise as this was all happening, which she told me was a "cost of living increase".
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We are deliberately being kept in the dark, without proper testing at any point in the chain. God knows what we are consuming already. God knows what we *will* be consuming as these chemicals accumulate in the fields.
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We are deliberately being kept in the dark, without proper testing at any point in the chain. God knows what we are consuming already. God knows what we *will* be consuming as these chemicals accumulate in the fields.
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?
This issue is screaming out for government action.
Where is it?