Read this exclusive look inside a courtroom where it takes minutes to grant 496 warrants for debt agents to forcibly install pre-payment meters. 🔴 From Investigations Correspondent deankirby_.
fuel poverty crisis in Britain, and the stark reality of energy debt.almost half a million “utility warrants” were issued to the start of NovemberThese warrants – granted under an obscure court process lacking in scrutiny – give energy giants the right to force families who are in their debt to fit a prepayment meter.
costs more than a typical tariffWe do not know how many have suffered the indignity of forced entry – that is for another day. But I sat in Wigan Magistrates’ Court last week and saw 496 of these warrants granted in less time than it takes to brew a cup of tea., Citizens Advice says it is already seeing record levels of people unable to top up their prepayment meters. By April, around 8.4 million households will be in fuel poverty.
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