Dragon Interview: MP Hopes Thames Water Fine Will Be ‘Final Nail in Its Coffin’

Published on: 29 May, 2025
Updated on: 30 May, 2025

Zöe Franklin MP

Guildford’s MP tells Dragon editor Martin Giles that she was pleased to see the £122 million fine imposed on Thames Water for its continued poor performance and would welcome the company coming under public control.

Lib Dem Zöe Franklin was campaigning on the issue of Thames Water’s performance long before she was elected last year, in particular against the continued discharging of sewage into the River Wey.

See: Thames Water Faces £122 Million Penalty Following Ofwat Inquiry

But before she comments on the news of the Ofwat fine she reflects on her first year as an MP and explains why she is strongly in favour of the three-unitary solution when it comes to to the impending local government reorganisation…