Woman without water for three days calls Thames Water bill hike proposal ‘greed’

Thames Water customers in Crystal Palace, south London have been without water for several days (Leigh McAlpine/PA) - (Leigh McAlpine)

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

Leigh McAlpine, 44, who lives in the SE20 area of Crystal Palace in south London, one of the postcodes affected by the water outage, said she has not had water since about 5am on Tuesday after a water pipe burst.