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We’re All Being Screwed by Water Companies, Corbyn Gets Good News

Water companies have issued an apology over sewage dumping and announced higher consumer bills will pay for infrastructure improvements.

Plus: BT have announced tens of thousands of job cuts and are set to replace a fifth of them with artificial intelligence; the cost of living crisis continues, but Tory MP Brendan Clarke Smith has the dumbest response.

With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Shon Faye.

  • Published 18 May 2023

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