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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has been ordered to release missing parts of a document that warned national power cuts could cause “catastrophic deterioration” in some disabled people who rely on medical equipment in their own homes. Although […]
Disabled campaigners have given a guarded welcome to new rules that should stop energy companies forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of many disabled people. Ofgem said all energy suppliers had agreed a new code of practice which aims to […]
Energy companies will not be allowed to restart the forcible installation of prepayment meters in the homes of “vulnerable” and other customers until they can prove they are complying with a new code of practice, the regulator has told MPs. Jonathan […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed a judge’s order that should put a temporary stop to energy companies using the courts to force customers onto prepayment meters, but they have called on the government to go further and introduce a permanent ban. Lord […]
The energy regulator has struggled to explain how it can prevent disabled people being forced onto prepayment meters when it claims to have no powers to ensure power companies comply with the Equality Act. Ofgem said last week that it was […]
Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) […]
The government and the energy industry have told disabled people whose lives depend on powered equipment in their homes to draw up their own back-up plans to protect themselves ahead of possible blackouts this winter. Both the government and the energy […]
Disabled people who rely on powered equipment in their homes to survive have expressed serious concerns at the government’s failure to provide clear information about how they will be protected in the event of power blackouts this winter. Disability News Service […]
There is growing alarm over the government’s “appalling” and “deeply concerning” failure to show that disabled people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes will be protected if there are power blackouts this winter. It is now […]
NHS bodies have this week been unable to point to any evidence that plans have been drawn up to protect people who need electricity to run lifesaving medical equipment in their homes, in the event of power blackouts this winter. It […]