Compare and contrast: Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills

The Guardian

South West Water has taken a legal stake in a customer’s home after she withheld her bill payments in a protest over sewage dumping in rivers and the sea. Thousands of water company customers are thought to be withholding payments but this is the first known case of a company enforcing a claim against a customer’s home. Click here to continue reading