• 3 months ago
Water firm bosses could face jail time and be banned from receiving bonuses for obstructing regulators under proposed new laws aimed at cracking down on the pollution of England's rivers, seas and lakes. Reacting to the announcement, Thames Water CEO Chris Weston, said that he needs "time to digest what has been said today," he continued: "I understand everyone's angry, as am I." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I need to digest what has been said today. There's a lot of detail in it. I have all
00:05the same incentives as the Secretary of State. I care about what he talks about, and I want
00:10to clean up rivers, and that's why I joined Thames. And now there's a job of work to do.
00:15So if you'll excuse me...
00:16Can you see why customers feel that you shouldn't be paid about this?
00:19I understand. Everyone's angry, as am I.

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