Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn

THAMES Water has “absolutely failed” and should be brought under public control, Islington’s MPs said at a parliamen­tary debate on Tuesday.

Dame Emily Thorn­berry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, pointed to the seven major floods delivered by Thames Water to Islington over the past decade, while handing £7billion to shareholders last year.

“If members Google ‘Caledonian Road’, which is in my constituency, they might think it is a river, but it is not,” she said. “Residents are fed up, businesses are fed up, I am fed up, and I am sure that the government are fed up. How much more do we have to take before Thames Water is finally given the boot?”

Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn called for the water company to be brought back in public ownership, adding: “We need an efficient supply, an end to the flooding that happens in my constitu­ency and others, and an end to the abominable polluting of the Thames and the seas around this country, which is caused by the greed of the direc­tors of Thames Water.”