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This is the best summary I could come up with:
It comes amid outrage over illegal sewage dumping, with water firms in England seeking to hike customers' bills by an extra £156 a year to invest in Britain's Victorian infrastructure.
Labour has pledged to give the water regulator new powers to ban payouts to bosses of firms that are illegally polluting rivers, lakes and seas if it wins the next election.
Steve Reed, the shadow environment secretary, said: "This Conservative government has wilfully turned a blind eye to corruption at the heart of the water industry.
"The result is stinking, toxic sewage destroying our countryside, and consumers facing higher bills while failing water bosses pocket millions in bonuses."
Labour said it will go further by allowing the regulator to ban bonuses altogether and making sure chief executives face personal criminal liability for "extreme and persistent" lawbreaking.
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