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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Ofgem boss should resign over prepayment meter scandal, say charities

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Charities have called on the boss of energy regulator Ofgem to resign over the scandal that has seen suppliers force prepayment meters on hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Britons.

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown told The Independent this week that chief executive Johnson Brearley should quit over the “dismal failure” to protect the poorest customers.

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