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The Water Industry: A Case to Answer

UNISON commissioned us to write this report, which presents a summary picture of the main features of the water industry, to help raise awareness of it and encourage a wider discussion. In broad terms, it covers three areas: the ownership of the i…

  • Published: 24th Apr 2013
  • Authors: Adam Tinson, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Markets and Households on Low Incomes

Markets and Households on Low Incomes

This report, written together with Europe Economics, looks at the problems faced by low income households from a mainstream economics perspective.  One of the most interesting things to emerge from this is the importance of 'enabling' or 'gateway' pr…

  • Published: 1st Sep 2010
  • Category: Income and Poverty
Featured Publication - Playing with Water: The Future of Anglian Water and the Issues for Public Policy

Playing with Water: The Future of Anglian Water and the Issues for Public Policy

This paper aims to stimulate an informed public debate about the major changes taking place at Anglian Water (AWS), the company responsible for providing water and sewerage services across much of eastern England.

  • Published: 1st Nov 2002
  • Author: Peter Kenway
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Energy and Water: The Dangers Ahead

Energy and Water: The Dangers Ahead

This project arose out of conversations with the Public Utility Reform Group (PURGe) around the time of the General Election regarding future issues facing the utilities.The central question that this paper discusses is whether the institutions that …

  • Published: 3rd Sep 2001
  • Authors: Peter Kenway, Steven Fuller, Guy Palmer
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Water Charging and Social Justice: Why Politicians Must Act

Water Charging and Social Justice: Why Politicians Must Act

This paper is a collection of essays on the water industry and social justice with contributions from  Peter Kenway (New Policy Institute), Janet Wright (OXERA), Keith Harris (Wessex  Water), and Peter Vass (Centre for the study of Regulated Industri…

  • Published: 1st May 2000
  • Author: Guy Palmer
  • Category: Services
Featured Publication - Fair and Sustainable: Paying for Water

Fair and Sustainable: Paying for Water

This report considers the practical as well as social justice implications of changes in the way that the water industry operates and the government's role in developments in this sector.

  • Published: 1st Oct 1997
  • Authors: Bob Hills, Meg Hugby, Peter Kenway
  • Category: Services

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