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your research into that. yes, we have been _ your research into that. yes, we have been seeing _ your research into that. yes, we have been seeing a _ your research into that. yes, we have been seeing a huge - your research into that. yes, we have been seeing a huge rise i your research into that. yes, we have been seeing a huge rise in| have been seeing a huge rise in people coming to citizens advice for help because they cannot afford to top—up their prepayment macro too, we have seen a 200% increase over the last year. —— prepayment meter. when we dug into those cases a bit more, we found a significant number of those people are people classed as being in vulnerable circumstances, so disabled people, people with really young children, people with really young children, people with really young children, people with households with elderly people with households with elderly people in the home as well. and under the rules, under the regulated rules, those people come households in those circumstances should not be switched onto prepayment meters because it is often not safe for them to be on, it is not safe for them to be on, it is not safe for them to be on, it is not safe for them to manage those meters and keep them to manage those meters and keep them topped up. and we do see really heartbreaking stories behind those statistics. one that really sticks with me is a single mother with a really young baby who was cut off and ended up having to prepare formula milk for her child at the gp