Companies need a warrant before they can forcibly enter someone’s home to install a prepayment meter and magistrates have already been told not to issue any more. Regulator Ofgem has since launched an investigation, and ministers have demanded better practices from energy suppliers. “But I am angered by the fact some have so freely moved vulnerable customers on to prepayment meters, without a proper plan to take remedial action where there has been a breach of the rules. He also hit out at the Chancellor over his comments on energy support, pledging that Labour would introduce a “proper windfall tax” and fix the country’s “broken energy system”. “Anything less than real action from the Conservatives will be heartlessly condemning millions of people to more energy misery.”

Source: The Herald February 10, 2023 22:35 UTC