Southern Water customers protest outside company's headquarters

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A group of Southern Water customers have demonstrated outside the company's headquarters in Worthing calling for an end to the privatisation of the industry.

It comes after the company was fined £126 million for serious failings in the way it managed sewage treatment plants.

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The protest is part of a national day of action by campaign group We Own It.

It claims bringing England's water companies into public ownership would save £2.3 billion every year.

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Southern Water refused to comment on the protest.

The company now faces criminal prosecution for trying to cover up equipment failures that led to waste water polluting the environment.