{
  "id": 17930043,
  "title": "British Gas resumes force-fitting prepay meters months after £112m settlement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/british-gas-resumes-force-fitting-prepay-meters-months-after-112m",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T20:05:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/nov/02/british-gas-resume-force-fitting-prepayment-meters-months-after-112m-settlement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Regulators lift block on supplier, enabling it to install meters in homes of people unable to afford energy bills British Gas has resumed force-fitting prepay meters in the homes of people unable to afford their energy bills months after paying the largest settlement on record for sending debt collectors into the homes of vulnerable customers. The industry regulator has lifted a block going back…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}