NORTH West Water chiefs were to be put under strict new controls by a future Labour government, it was revealed.
The warning came as the Labour Party conference was told that consumers' bills throughout the North West were three quarters larger than before privatisation.
And as a result North West Water's profits soared by 257%.
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