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Water companies in England ‘using loopholes’ to avoid paying for outages

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76% Informative

Thousands of homes have been left without water for days this year as pipes burst.

Companies are able to avoid paying compensation if they can claim it was due to an extreme event’ Only three water companies out of 17 meet Ofwat ’s targets for providing a consistent supply of tap water to customers.

Labour 's new water bill won’t necessarily ban bonuses for polluting water companies.

VR Score

78

Informative language

79

Neutral language

17

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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