Terminally ill people are returning home from hospital or a hospice to discover their energy supply has been cut off, the Commons heard today.
Ministers have been urged to outlaw self-disconnection for anyone on prepayment meters to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable customers are not left without basic energy provision this winter.
Self-disconnection happens when a consumer with a prepayment meter does not have enough money to top up their meter and their meter cuts out, or when they do not realise that credit is running out.
