{
  "id": 748510,
  "title": "Millions face higher water bills as suppliers allowed £3.4bn extra spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/millions-face-higher-water-bills-as-suppliers-allowed-3-4bn-extra",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T08:10:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/13/water-bills-suppliers-spending-england-wales-ofwat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Firms in England and Wales seek to fund measures including supporting new homes and datacentres Business live – latest updates Millions of households in England and Wales face higher bills after water companies were given the green light to spend £3.4bn more than planned, including to support new homes and datacentres. The new spending will come on top of the £104bn programme of investment…",
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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."
}