The energy crisis is pushing more households onto prepayment gas and electricity meters, research suggests. Comparison website Uswitch said 60,000 new meters were installed in Britain in the six ...

Ministers have been urged to review the practice of forcibly installing energy prepayment meters in homes as the energy crisis has left some vulnerable customers without heat or electricity ...

Households on prepayment meters in the UK could see their energy bills cost up to a third of their household income this winter, new research has warned. The most vulnerable households will be ...

The number of gas and electricity prepayment meters forcibly installed by warrant rose to 84,000, from 81,000 in 2016. Three suppliers - British Gas, Utility Warehouse and Ovo Energy - were ...

Millions on pre-payment meters can receive emergency help. Citizens Advice estimates that 1.7m people in Britain ran out of credit on their prepayment meter last year, with 800,000 going more than ...

From October 1, the price cap increased by 10 per cent to £1,717 a year for a typical dual-fuel household ... They could potentially switch you to a prepayment meter, which would likely result ...

Households on prepayment meters in the UK could see their energy bills cost up to a third of their household income this winter, new research has warned. The most vulnerable households will be worst ...