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Defaulting to installing a prepayment meter all switching them over and they should be taking much greater accounts of customers' ability to pay, and unless they do that effectively and consistently households can be exposed to surreally significant risks. peter smith, director— surreally significant risks. peter smith, director of _ surreally significant risks. peter smith, director of policy - surreally significant risks. peter smith, director of policy for - smith, director of policy for second, thank you very much for joining us at bbc news —— can second, thank you very much for join...

Is? i guess because the weaknesses we had were not so bad, they were l we had were not so bad, they were not severe. there would have been process issues, for example we documented everyone who was classed as vulnerable, making sure that was documented. i think it was a mild deficiency and i think 0fgem have really been kind of stepping up their game a bit, may be looking a bit too hard for small problems i would say. given we heard the news today that a policy failure on behalf of 0fgem will cost two in japan's per household, and these are important issues that everyone has the right processe...

Most people get it automatically. you pay by direct debit. people who have got smart meters but are on a prepayment meter, they also get it automatically, and the people who need to do something are those who take their prepayment card to the shop to be topped up. now, you will get a voucher for £66 for the post. lots and lots of people haven't cashed in those vouchers, which is a really big worry because they are the people who need this money more than anyone. is it because landlords of properties have got the meters registered to their home addresses, and not where the tenant lives, so the...

I got my voucher and we haven't had a prepayment meter for 20 years. so i worry about the accuracy of who it has been sent to. so their it might be a bit creaky and that has a knock—on effect on people's lives. these are the ones who need the cash. i don't need the cash. donate the rebate, that's a campaign that has been started. give it to a fuel poverty charity if you don't need the money. claer, thank you for giving us your thoughts tonight. thank you for having me. and lovely to see you as well, stephanie. thank you. now we're joined by comedian, writer, actor and, iwant to say american,...

Of feeding their family. - charities and families are pulling together to keep bills down. a mile down the road, pauline marsh gets batches of meals cooked by her daughter and delivered. reducing herfood bill and her energy bill and she watches her prepayment meter anxiously. every single morning at a set time, i write down what's left on it, to see how much i've used. so you're watching it all the time, it's a constant worry? all the time. she makes a flask of tea for the day, so the kettle isn't on so often and, like 90% of people surveyed by the bbc, she is delaying the central heating comi...