Weekend Press: Thames Water plots break-up as it scrambles to avoid nationalisation

This week’s roundup of sector news from the weekend’s national press includes speculation that Thames Water is about to be broken up in a bid to avoid renationalisation; news that the Environment Agency chair Alan Lovell had dinner with water company lobbyists days before plans for a 40% hike in bills were reported; and a warning from the UK’s largest battery storage fund that investment in the sector is at risk because of the way the country’s electricity system is run.