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Water industry stocks including United Utilities and Pennon today filed five-year business plans with regulator Ofwat.
An average water bill is likely to go up by £84 in 2025 and by £156 in 2030 as the industry doubles infrastructure spending.
Elsewhere, survey figures continue to paint a bleak picture of activity in the UK manufacturing sector.