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Then you shouldnt have a meter forced into your house. but there are still plenty of vulnerable groups who could qualify to have a meter put in. so, if youre under 85, if youre a pregnant woman, or have children under five in the household, or if you have alzheimers, you may find yourself with a meter being fitted or your smart meter flipped into prepayment mode. you push in your key and this shows you that you have nothing on the key right now. in manchester, alexandra has four children and thi...

Installing prepayment meters by court order. and also, crucially, by switching smart meters on it to prepayment mode, which is another thing that the energy firms are doing, which again, is causing a similar problem. but is kind of being less reported at the moment. there are two bands that we need to see in place. but we also need to now see action for those people who have been wronged by this. we need an investigation into this court process, what evidence has been presented to magistrates? w...

Their meters topped up onto prepayment meters and staying in a cold and dark, the consequences for peoples mental health and their physical health is really severe. and also come nhs is in crisis at the moment. cold homes have a significant impact on peoples health so they are also contributing to having cold homes to that crisis. so we really think that now is the time to draw a close on forcing people to prepayment meters, until we have additional safeguards in place which. we have additional ...