British Gas resume force-fitting prepayment meters months after £112m settlement

Regulators have lifted a block on the supplier, enabling it to install meters in the homes of people who cannot afford their energy bills British Gas has resumed force-fitting prepayment meters in the homes of people who cannot afford their energy bills just months after paying the largest settlement on record for sending debt collectors into the homes of vulnerable customers.

The industry regulator has lifted an almost four-year block that prevented British Gas from clawing back unpaid bills…