Swindon's water supplier Thames Water is seeking to charge even higher bills – and Adver readers are furious.

The water supplier has asked the competition regulator for permission to charge customers more over the coming years than had previously been granted.

Thames Water has already been permitted a 35 per cent rise in consumer bills over the next five years by water regulator Ofwat.

Thames Water has actively tried to defend paying large bonuses to senior executives while it has seen worsening performance on sewage pollution.

The company is also on the verge of financial collapse, having racked up roughly £19 billion in debt with only enough funds to see it to March 24.

Here’s what Adver readers had to say.

Tony Persico said: “One of the most useless and wasteful companies in Britain, if not, the world.”

Michael O’Neill said: “We all need to step up an do something about it, not just chat about it.

“Stand outside the gates and block the lorries from getting in or refuse to pay a water bill, put the money in a........

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