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British Gas are routinely sending debt collectors into “vulnerable” customers’ homes to “force-fit” pay-as-you-go meters, an investigation has claimed. The Times says it sent an undercover reporter to work for Arvato, a firm used for debt management by the energy giant, to
Business Secretary Grant Shapps had pledged to crack down on “trigger-happy” companies “mistreating” vulnerable customers. Mr Grant has said he would be ordering the UK’s largest gas and electric companies to stop the “harmful and anxiety-inducing practice” of forcing households onto prepayment
Ministers are being encouraged to stop the forced installation of payment meters after it was revealed that 3.2million people were left with cold and dark homes last year as they ran out of credit. Suppliers have increasingly stepped up with the use