Taxpayers are footing gas and electricity bills for multi-millionaire Scottish Secretary Alister Jack – while vulnerable families cut off their supplies in terror at rising prices.
The MP – who is a senior member in Boris Johnson’s zombie government – claimed £4059 of utilities for his second home on expenses over the last three years. But a Sunday Mail investigation has found thousands of pensioners and low-income households are being forced to “self-disconnect” because they have no money to put in pre-payment meters.
We also uncovered reports of customers asking engineers and plumbers to turn off gas supplies rather than face crippling bills. Our revelations have been branded “scandalous” by Labour MSP Neil Bibby and come as millions face financial oblivion after energy regulator Ofgem hiked a price cap on households by a staggering 80 per cent.
