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Water companies to say bill cap creates 'material risk' for them

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81% Informative

Water firms to say bill cap plan is 'material risk' to raise investment needed to stop sewage spills.

Regulator Ofwat has proposed an average 19 a year ceiling on water bill rises.

Industry lobby group Water UK will say this cap would "hamper" company's ability to improve services.

Water firms have faced criticism from campaigners for making pay outs to investors.

VR Score

86

Informative language

87

Neutral language

36

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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