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The Latest Breaking News from Anglian

Why are water bills going up so much?

Households are facing the largest rise in water bills since the privatisation of the industry 36 years ago.

Evening Standard

Why are water bills going up so much, and what does it mean for consumers?

Regulators have allowed water firms to raise bills significantly over the next five years. PA news agency asks why, and explains what happens next.

Evening Standard

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

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Police called as subcontractor blockades Bristol firm in dispute over pay

One man was arrested amid allegations of assault

Bristol Post

England’s water: the world’s piggy bank

England’s privatised water system is owned by funds, banks and billionaires across the world, as this country-by-country breakdown shows

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of households could see their water bills cut by 50% thanks to new help

Hundreds of thousands of Anglian Water customers can get their bills reduced by 50% under a multi-million pound scheme designed to help with the rising cost of living

Daily Mirror

Anglian Water chief lands £1.3m pay despite two-star pollution rating

Campaigners say bonus curbs on Peter Simpson not enough as company logs 25% of all serious pollution incidents last year

The Guardian - UK

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