{
  "id": 17133044,
  "title": "Eight of England’s nine water companies still failing on environment, report finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/eight-of-englands-nine-water-companies-still-failing-on-environment",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T16:39:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/ministers-water-bosses-report-performance-worse"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Angela Eagle tells industry ‘people are sick of excuses’ as pollution levels remain high despite billions in investment Angela Eagle, the environment secretary, has summoned water industry bosses to Whitehall after a report found that the environmental performance of the big companies has worsened despite investment. “People are sick of excuses,” Dame Angela said, after the Environment Agency…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}