Rejected petition Stop water companies paying dividends until the leaks are fixed

Take control of the utilities or make them a non profit organisation

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The water companies are not investing enough monies back into the infrastructure, they are paying far more out to investors than they invest into the water network

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The payment of dividends is a matter for individual companies, not the UK Government or Parliament. You could start a new petition calling for a windfall tax to be introduced on the profits of water companies found not to be fixing leaks, if that's something that you'd like to see.

We currently have this petition open calling for water companies to be renationalised: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/620881

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 17 June 2023
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