Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests

Atypical expenditure' document suggests utility's costs over 12 months outstripped the 130m it paid in fines

Thames Water spent at least 136m on the effort to secure emergency funding over 12 months, according to a leaked document that suggests costs outstripped the 130m the struggling utility paid in fines.

The law firms Linklaters and Akin Gump received 45m and 26m respectively during the financial year to March 2025, and another 10 firms were paid more than 1m, according to a document listing atypical expenditure" for the year, seen by the Guardian. It is the first time the fees paid by Thames Water have been detailed publicly.