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  "id": 457695,
  "title": "Thames Water gave finance boss a £1m signing-on fee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/thames-water-gave-finance-boss-a-1m-signing-on-fee-457695",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:34:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Business",
    "slug": "bbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d841yexe0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.",
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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."
}