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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Gordon Brown demands £300,000-a-year Ofgem boss resigns over prepay energy meter scandal

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Gordon Brown has urged the head of energy regulator Ofgem to quit over the scandal that has seen hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Britons forced to switch to costly prepayment meters.

In an extraordinarily outspoken attack, the former prime minister says Jonathan Brearley should “consider his position” – and accuses him of failing “dismally” to protect customers, some of whom have been pushed into the hands of loan sharks.

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