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Ofwat to be swept away on tide of public anger over sewage spills

Sir Jon Cunliffe's review of the water sector is comprehensive, clear-eyed, and about as radical as allowed by terms of reference that explicitly ruled out renationalisation of England's private water and sewage companies.

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