{
  "id": 454806,
  "title": "Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/thames-water-faces-row-over-1m-payment-to-finance-chief",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T08:41:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/thames-water-fee-finance-chief-andy-burnham"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it Business live – latest updates Thames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite intense scrutiny of Britain’s biggest water company’s finances as it tries to avoid being taken into public control. The utility revealed that it made the payment last month, in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}