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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Barney Davis

Energy firms told to pay out over forced prepayment meter installations

British Gas and other energy companies have been told to compensate customers whose homes were broken into to fit prepayment meters.

Ofgem has announced a “comprehensive, independent and wide-ranging review” into British Gas after its subcontractors forced meters on vulnerable people without waiting for the results of a major review.

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