{
  "id": 5068449,
  "title": "Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/thames-water-i-refuse-to-pay-the-sewage-charge-in-my-bill-while-you",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/thames-water-sewage-charge-bill-pollute-britain-river-coastline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’t I can’t even remember when I decided to stop paying the sewage element of my Thames Water bill. It might have been after reading this headline from the Guardian in July 2025: “ Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year ,” with the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}