{
  "id": 754160,
  "title": "UK water bills to rise as regulator green lights £3.4bil in extra spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/uk-water-bills-to-rise-as-regulator-green-lights-3-4bil-in-extra-754160",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/08/13/uk-water-bills-to-rise-as-regulator-green-lights-3-4bil-in-extra-spending"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Britain's water industry already faces an overhaul due to rising customer bills, environmental breaches, soaring debt and high dividends.",
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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."
}