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    The increase, which was largely due to more expensive consumer bills, helped underlying operating profit jump 24 per cent to £335.7m.

    Citizens Advice has waded into a row between the competition and water watchdogs over new spending rules for the country’s water companies.
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    Ofwat, the UK's water regulator, has set out a record £88bn spending package that would see Londoders' bills go up by an average of £99 in the next five years excluding inflation.

    Charlie Maynard, MP for Witney, was among a group which included the utility's secondary creditors, who opposed a £3bn emergency loan agreement earlier this year.

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