Ed Miliband comments on the government’s response to the prepayment meters scandal

Ed Miliband MP, Labour’s Shadow Climate Secretary, commenting on the government’s response to the prepayment meters scandal, said:

"The government has been asleep at the wheel during this crisis and now Grant Shapps wants credit for doing the bare minimum.

“Millions of families have suffered as a result of their inaction, especially their total failure to enforce rules that were meant to protect vulnerable customers.

“We need to see the end of the prepayment penalty and we need a complete ban on the forced installation of meters until there is a fundamental reform of this rotten, discredited system.

“And on the same day, Jeremy Hunt refuses to budge on his decision to allow energy bills to rise to £3,000 in just seven weeks’ time with no proper windfall tax in place.  

“Only Labour can fix our broken energy system - ending the prepayment meter scandal, stopping bills going up this April with a proper windfall tax, and taking the long term action we need to make Britain a clean energy superpower.”