6 h. ago US private equity giant KKR outbids rival with £1.7bn offer for Assura

Assura said it had reached an agreement on a ‘best and final’ bid led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stonepeak Partners.

Economics

12 h. ago US private equity giant KKR wins takeover battle for Assura in £1.7bn deal

Assura said it had reached an agreement on a ‘best and final’ bid led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stonepeak Partners.

Economics

32 h. ago Thames Water LIVE: Thousands of east London homes without water supply

Thames Water has apologised to customers after thousands of households across east London have been left without water including those in Whitechapel, Shoreditch, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

Society

33 h. ago Put Thames Water into temporary state control, ‘junior’ creditors will argue

£5bn rescue plan would set ‘troubling precedent’, bondholders who face losing all of their money will sayNils Pratley: Thames Water’s creditors are being too greedyBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water should be placed into temporary government control to avoid setting a “deeply troubling precedent”, according to people close to bondholders who face losing all of their money in the latest rescue bid.The struggling utility is under the control of a group of lenders who hold the bulk of its huge £20bn debt pile. Those “senior” creditors on Tuesday revealed details of a last-ditch rescue effort with £5bn in funding, alongside writing off about £6.7bn in debt. Continue reading...

Politics

34 h. ago Put Thames Water into temporary state control, say ‘junior’ creditors

£5bn rescue plan would set ‘deeply troubling precedent’, say bondholders who face losing all of their moneyNils Pratley: Thames Water’s creditors are being too greedyBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water should be placed into temporary government control to avoid setting a “deeply troubling precedent”, according to bondholders who face losing all of their money in the latest rescue bid.The struggling utility is under the control of a group of lenders who hold the bulk of its huge £20bn debt pile. Those “senior” creditors on Tuesday revealed details of a last-ditch rescue effort with £5bn in funding, alongside writing off about £6.7bn in debt. Continue reading...

Politics

45 h. ago Thames Water lenders offer £17 billion rescue deal in return for looser rules

The deal would also see “several billion” pounds’ worth of debt written off

Economics

45 h. ago Creditors table £17bn plan for Thames Water but call for regulatory leniency

The lenders in the utility are proposing to invest another £3 billion in new equity and £2 billion of funding, but also write off billions of debt.

Economics

47 h. ago Thames Water bosses were set for £18.5mn before outcry over bonuses

Creditors have proposed injecting £3bn of equity and taking a 20 per cent writedown on loans in latest rescue plan

Economics

57 h. ago Winter fuel payments threshold to rise to £35,000, Rachel Reeves announces

Change means about 7.5 million pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restoredUK politics live – latest updatesAll pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year will have the winter fuel payment restored in full, Rachel Reeves has announced, after weeks of uncertainty over the decision to make a U-turn on scrapping the benefit.Ministers are restoring the automatic payments as a universal benefit this winter and then recouping the money when higher-income pensioners fill in their tax returns, as creating a new means test would be a highly complex option. Continue reading...

Economics

5 d. ago The water firms banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses under new laws

Campaign group River Action have called the move a “welcome step” but said that increased salaries should be prevented

Economics

6 d. ago The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in eight months last week but remain historically low despite growing uncertainty about how tariffs could impact the broader economy

Politics

6 d. ago 'Contemptible' Thames Water accused of 'telling lies to the British public' in dividends row

The scathing criticism came as peers discussed a collapsed rescue deal for the debt-laden firm

Politics

6 d. ago 'Contemptible' Thames Water accused in Parliament of 'telling lies to the British public' in dividends row

The scathing criticism came as peers discussed a collapsed rescue deal for the debt-laden firm

Politics

7 d. ago Thames Water faces weeks of uncertainty as watchdog reviews £4bn creditor plan

Senior bondholders propose injecting equity to match KKR’s defunct bid but plan needs approval from Ofwat and courts

Economics

7 d. ago Northumbrian Water to pay out £15.7m after sewage and water network failings

Bosses at the watchdog Ofwat said the company’s failures led to ‘excessive spills from storm overflows’.

Economics

7 d. ago Thames Water creditors warn of "short and closing window" to agree rescue deal

A group of more than 100 creditors holding £13 billion of Thames Water debt said time is running out

Events

8 d. ago Thames Water nationalisation ‘not the answer’ says minister after private equity rescue fails

Future of Britain’s biggest water supplier in question as investor pulls out of turnaround plan

Events

8 d. ago Voices: If the government wants to save Thames Water, it’s going to need to get its hands dirty

As the very public rescue deal for the ailing company collapses, James Moore warns that the government needs to get its hands dirty to clean up the water industry. This game of pass the buck isn’t doing anyone any favours...

Politics

8 d. ago KKR cites political risk in withdrawal from Thames Water rescue deal

US private equity firm’s decision throws future of Britain’s largest water utility into doubt

Events

8 d. ago Public ownership ‘not the answer’ says Reed after Thames Water deal collapse

At the despatch box, Conservative shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accused ministers of having “talked themselves out of” a rescue plan.

Economics