Magistrates told to stop allowing forced prepayment meter installations
Monday's order from Lord Justice Edis, the judge who oversees the workings of all courts, now makes both a practical impossibility.
"However, it has now come to light that Ofgem has become sufficiently concerned at the operation of suppliers as to ask all energy companies to suspend forced installation of prepayment meters," he said.
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