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People whove made off with £72 billion worth of our money, instead of investing it in the sewerage system, instead of investing in making sure london is supplied with water, because londons now on the verge of running out of water for the same reason — lack of investment in infrastructure. what i said was the legislation already exists for the secretary of state to actually resolve and move this forward this afternoon with nothing more than a stroke of a pen. government in the secondary state...

When they come up with the figure, what they forget to engineers they have also taken out £72 billion in dividends out £72 billion in dividends out of those companies, they have left the company sitting on £60 billion with a debt to such an extent that one of them almost toppled a metal of weeks ago. almost toppled a metal of weeks auo. ., ., almost toppled a metal of weeks am, ., ., ., ~ almost toppled a metal of weeks ago. you are talking about thames water, _ ago. you are talking about tha...

People whove made off with £72 billion worth of our money, instead of investing it in the sewerage system, instead of investing in making sure london is supplied with water, because londons now on the verge of running out of water for the same reason — lack of investment in infrastructure. what i said was the legislation already exists for the secretary of state to actually resolve and move this forward this afternoon with nothing more than a stroke of a pen. government in the secondary state...

Is theyve also taken out £72 billion in dividends out of those companies, thats our money, theyve left these companies now sitting on £60 billion worth of debt to such an extent that one of them almost toppled a matter of weeks ago. youre talking about thames water... indeed. ..which serves, what, 15 million customers and has a debt of some £14 billion. actually, if you look at their balance sheet on thames waters, it says 14, but if you go looking through the broader group of companies, youl...

Years more than $272 billion has been raised in private equity money by space companies around the world and india is now hoping to get a bigger chunk of this money now that the government has opened up the government has opened up the space sector for private participation. indias space industry has been credited for its ambitious yet frugal aerospace programmes work spendsjust a fraction aerospace programmes work spends just a fraction of what united states and china spend space research. that...

The success of this mission has also sealed indias ambition to become a major space power. and anticipation is building up for upcoming missions like the one to study the sun and the countrys maiden human space flight programme, which are awaited in the next few months. globally, the space economy and space industry is seeing an exponential rise, with more demand for data from satellite imaging, navigation, and now even space tourism picking up. in just the last ten years, more than $272 billion...

India has established its technical capabilities and tenacity in achieving difficult missions. i tenacity in achieving difficult missions. ~ , ., tenacity in achieving difficult mission— missions. i think is a very important _ missions. i think is a very important it _ missions. i think is a very important it is _ missions. i think is a very important it is a - missions. i think is a very | important it is a milestone missions. i think is a very . important it is a milestone in speyside becaus...

Established its technical capabilities and tenacity in achieving difficult missions. i think its a very, very important achievement. it is a milestone _ important achievement. it is a milestone because this is going to be _ milestone because this is going to be the — milestone because this is going to be the stepping stone for many— to be the stepping stone for many future missions. the young people _ many future missions. the young pe0ple of— many future missions. the young people of toda...

The government re—phasing construction by two years. the second phase was due to open in 2032, but has been pushed back to between 2035 and 2040. in 2013, hs2 was expected to cost £37.5 billion. then, in 2015, that prediction went up to around £56 billion. four years later, the cost was expected to be between £72 billion and £98 billion but after the link between the east midlands and leeds was scrapped, the cost now is expected to be around the £71 billion mark. that is more than twice a...

Is the highest in five years, and the company has conceded it will not meet its target to reduce them this year. critics cite a legacy of under—investment since privatisation. some of the companies — and also the public regulator 0fwat — deny this and insist investment has been adequate and is rising. yet the total dividends paid to the privatised companies shareholders since 1989, at £72 billion, are equivalent to almost half of total expenditure on capital infrastructure — thats pipes...