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Opt-out competition claim seeks £800m from water companies
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An £800 million opt-out competition claim backed by Bench Walk alleges that water companies abused their local monopolies to under-report sewage and other incidents to the regulators, thus avoiding the imposition of charging cuts. More from the Law Gazette.