Comment on Times / British Gas investigation

Figures from the Warm This Winter campaign found that two-thirds of pre-payment meter customers are vulnerable so we are very concerned that what has been exposed “is the tip of the iceberg”.

Simon Francis, Co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition commented:

“Ministers have fallen for the energy industry’s spin that they don’t use court warrants to install pre-payment meters on vulnerable customers. The investigation reveals this not to be the case.