Thames Water has launched an appeal to allow it to increase bills by more than the regulator wants to permit. The UK's largest utility company is calling on the competition regulator to overturn a decision from the water industry regulator, Ofwat, which caps bill rises at 35% over the next five years.

Woman without water for three days calls Thames Water bill hike proposal ‘greed’ - Several Thames Water customers have been without water for days after a water pipe burst.

British utility Thames Water lodged an appeal to the country's competition regulator on Friday, beginning a process to try to raise the prices it can charge customers for the next five years and improve its chances of survival.

Troubled Thames Water has appealed against an inflation-busting price rise agreed by regulator Ofwat, arguing it was doing so “in the interests of our customers and the environment"

A South London resident who has been without water for more than four days has said Thames Water’s plan to charge customers even more than previously agreed is “just greed”.

Thames Water has already been allowed to increase bills by 35% over the next five years by regulator Ofwat, but they're now asking to raise prices even more