fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
where grandparents are taking their children and the grandchildren on holiday. because we re finding that some of the grandparents weren t affected as much financially by covid or the cost of living crisis. are gran and granddad bankrolling this summer, then coming to the rescue this summer? that s right. but while plenty are finding ways to get abroad, laura has decided to put her honeymoon plans on pause. all of the prices of mortgage payments went up, the prices of utility bills went up. so then you have to look and think, well, where is this spare cash coming from? and, unfortunately, it sjust a case of you can t find that any more. to try and find something which is like a dream honeymoon, it s just not feasible when you ve planned and paid for a wedding for two years. it s just so expensive. and she s not the only one reining back. this year, we ve done butlins a couple of months ago. we re going again next weekend. but, other than that, maybe a couple of camping trips. so, che