{
  "id": 9098242,
  "title": "Thatcher-Era Water Minister Blames Regulation for Thames Crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/thatcher-era-water-minister-blames-regulation-for-thames-crisis",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-22/thatcher-era-water-minister-blames-regulation-for-thames-crisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Conservative minister who launched privatization of England and Wales’s water industry said he never anticipated companies such as Thames Water becoming so heavily indebted, blaming regulatory failures for the current crisis.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}