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Dec 1, 2022

⚡ Can’t pay, won’t pay – we strike together. Mass energy bill non-payment is already underway. We must turn this mass default into mass resistance, and strike for a better future. Join Don’t Pay today 👉 dontpay.uk/join-the-strike

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These warrants were being granted at over 1000 a day last year, continued last week…this first confirmation of almost automated system Energy company send in large spreadsheets with between 100 & 1000 cases, approved over phone, warrants issued as pdfs in “maximum of 15 minutes”

⚠️ British Gas was warned about the dangers of forced prepayment meters in 2016 by

Magistrates granting energy firms prepayment meter warrants in 'private back rooms' at court

. Yet we know the same practices are still routine in 2023. We can't leave it to energy suppliers to do the right thing. The government must intervene and #BanForcedPPMs for good.

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Here's the latest in my

@theipaper

investigation into prepayment #energy meters. Magistrates are granting warrants to force entry into homes in 'private back rooms' and offices at courts hundreds of miles from customers' homes

inews.co.uk

Warrants can be approved in their hundreds in just minutes at the hearings, a move that a lawyer has told i could constitute a breach of human rights

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End Fuel Poverty Coalition

@EndFuelPoverty

Feb 3

Millions of electricity customers were hit by huge price rises on 1 January sending more into #fuelpoverty. The full details are on our website. bit.ly/3HnheTU

Energy companies hoard £9bn of customers' cash

Feb 2

😳 Energy companies are sat on £9 BILLION of customer cash! Millions of us can barely afford to turn the heating on and they're hoarding billions.

telegraph.co.uk

Firms have been increasing direct debit payments at a time when many are experiencing a cost of living crisis

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Ofgem tells suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment metres, Sky News understands

Feb 2

This is huge news! Ofgem tells energy suppliers to stop forcing people onto prepayment meters 👇

news.sky.com

The energy regulator Ofgem has asked suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment metres and review their processes for dealing with customers who have fallen into arrears.

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End Fuel Poverty Coalition

@EndFuelPoverty

Feb 2

🚨

@Ofgem

tells suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters,

@SkyNews

understands. We will wait to read the detail before commenting fully, but this appears to be good news in the drive to #BanForcedPPMs.

news.sky.com

Ofgem tells suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment metres, Sky News understands

The energy regulator Ofgem has asked suppliers to suspend the forced installation of prepayment metres and review their processes for dealing with customers who have fallen into arrears.

🔴NEW: In the last few hours, #energy firms EDF, Shell and Utilita have followed British Gas in halting the forced installation of prepayment meters. EDF has suspended forced installations as it reviews procedures. I'm still awaiting a response from E.ON.

inews.co.uk

Energy firms EDF, Shell, Utilita and British Gas stop forced installation of prepayment meters

An investigation by i found courts are rubber-stamping hundreds of warrants allowing firms' debt agents to forcibly enter homes to fit the meters in just minutes, with magistrates warning they have...

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⁩ headline that should stop everyone in their tracks. “The reporter accompanied debt agents in below-freezing conditions as they worked with a locksmith to break into the home of a single father of 3 young children & switch them to a prepayment meter."

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British Gas owner forecasts eightfold rise in earnings amid soaring gas prices

Feb 1

British Gas has finally been forced to stop putting their customers onto prepayment meters. Don't forget why their customers are in debt in the first place. It's their business model: can't pay, they'll take your heating away.

theguardian.com

Ukraine war’s effect on wholesale gas prices prompts third upgrade in a year from Centrica

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Feb 1

🚨 British Gas suspends force-fitting prepayment meters Now we need an end to ALL enforcement of prepayment.

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Feb 1

After being approached by us for comment, British Gas has now suspended the practice of force-fitting prepayment meters. Ofgem, the energy regulator, has started a formal investigation into British Gas, saying: “We won’t hesitate to take firm enforcement action.”

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Last month I worked undercover with debt collectors breaking into homes of vulnerable families for British Gas We were sent to force-fit prepayment meters at homes including one where a mum was with her 4 week old baby. If families cannot top up, their heating can be cut off

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It seems a constant feature of our society that millions of us continue to struggle for the basics whilst a tiny minority are aided by the govt & economic system to hoard all the wealth. But resistance is growing. Today, 1/2 million workers are on strike, solidarity to them all!

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BREAKING 🚨 A team of four Greenpeace activists have successfully OCCUPIED a Shell ship with one simple message - STOP DRILLING AND START PAYING!

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Many people all over the country are resisting the rise of energy bills through non-payment. We are coming together in solidarity with everyone facing hardship. Tonight we have our first national organising meeting of the year with over 1,300 people registered so far! 🔥

📈 Record #energybills 📈 Record #profits These two things aren't a coincidence. The British public is paying for an oil and gas shareholder bonanza while struggling to heat their own homes.

è legato a doppio filo sia alle alle compagnie del #fossile sia alle industrie militari. 👉 Requisire gli #extraprotti di banche e compagnie energetiche 👉 #Transizioneecologica verso le fonti rinnovabili 👉 Avviare i tavoli per le trattative di #pace.

Material wird deutschlandweit rausgeschickt, vom Allgäu bis nach Fehmarn! 🏔🌊 👉Bring #WirZahlenNicht auch in deine Gegend und hol dir Material über: wirzahlennicht.info/wir-streiken/m

ELDERLY AND DISABLED PETITION Amazing support this petition has had and please

@ageuk

please RT for awareness link below petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6247 #fuelpoverty #EnergyCrisis #energybills #disabled #pensions

1 in 3 UK homes won't be able to pay their #energybills when the price cap rises again in April. 💔 Our energy system is broken. The Chancellor has to finally see the issues with powering a country on unreliable & expensive gas, and offer a real solution in the #SpringBudget.

📈The UK is facing some of the world's highest energy price rises. 🛢️Our energy system's over-reliance on gas means people will spend three times as much on their #energybills as they did in 2020. 🏘️Ministers need to rapidly invest in cheap renewables and insulation for all.

Jan 24

Wir Zahlen Nicht (Don't Pay) is really building up in Germany!

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[IL*] Darmstadt

@il_darmstadt

Jan 24

Richtig viele Menschen bei unserer Auftaktveranstaltung. Gestern haben wir den Anfang gemacht. Wir freuen uns auf das was kommt. Der Strompreis ist zu teuer. #WirZahlenNicht. Wir streiken! Mach mit! wirzahlennicht.info @wzn_de t.me/scheisseteuer

Today we turned a Barclays branch into a warm bank in solidarity with

Petition: Introduce an unmetered monthly tariff for energy for the elderly and disabled

, but the reality is Barclays are a hot-house bank, financing fossil fuel projects and companies around the world and driving up energy prices. twitter.com/fossilfreeLDN/

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⚠️ Thousands of needless deaths were caused by cold homes this winter. #Energybills are expected to stay high, and temperatures low. The government has to step up and protect the millions of others who are still at risk. #CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyCrisis #BanForcedPPMs

could you make others aware I have a petition for elderly and disabled to have a fixed price unmetered energy tariff for their fuel. I believe the most vulnerable need this the most.

petition.parliament.uk

We want the Government to require energy suppliers to offer a fixed monthly rate, with no per unit charges, for gas and electricity, to elderly and disabled customers.

Over the past week, we came together in towns and cities nationwide demanding government action on fuel poverty. Along with

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@NPCUK

and others we showed the power of collective action and can celebrate wins on our demands to #BanForcedPPMs and implement #EnergyForAll

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BERLIN: Gestern haben wir mit dem ersten Straßenstand in Berlin gestartet. Die Gespräche mit den Menschen zeigen uns: Viele können und wollen sich die hohen Strompreise nicht mehr leisten! ❌ Gemeinsam werden wir aktiv! 💛🖤

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orders voluntary ban on PPMs 🥳 Thank you everyone who pushed the gov to #BanForcedPPMs. Keep up the pressure for: 👉An OUTRIGHT ban on forced PPM installations 👉Removal of PPMs already installed

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📸John Lewis, London, 21/01/23. Anti-poverty activists stage a sit-down protest in the store as part of #WarmThisWinter’s Day of Action on fuel poverty, as energy bills rise as rapidly as fuel company profits. #FuelPoverty #EnergyForAll

@ThisWinterUK

@EndFuelPoverty

Anti-poverty activists hold a banner saying "Energy for All" during a protest against fuel poverty and rising energy costs in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London.

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An anti-poverty activist holds a banner during a protest against fuel poverty and rising energy costs in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London.

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Anti-poverty activists enjoy the comfort and warmth of the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London, during a protest against fuel poverty and rising energy costs .

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Anti-poverty activists are asked to leave by a police officer while holding a protest against fuel poverty and rising energy costs in the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street, London.

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Second stop,

on regents Street. Fuel poverty is a daily reality for millions. Freeze profits not people.

🚨 Warm-Up underway in #Liverpool Supporters of

are warming up at the Museum of Liverpool, to the tune of their campaign song "Your cheating Heart". 🎶"Your heating chart will tell on you!" #TakeBackPower #BanForcedPPMs #EnergyForAll

Out in Central London for the

#warmup. Let's see where we head next!

❗Over 2400 people died from cold & damp homes last year with over 1000 just last month. Today, with our supporters, we're holding Warm-Ups and vigils across the UK to demand #BanForcedPPMs, #EnergyForAll & #EndWinterDeaths.

End deaths from fuel poverty! Today's vigil and protest in Brighton today. 👉13,400 'excess winter deaths' last year 👉This winter energy bills are now 96% higher than a year ago 👉Excess deaths due to EXCESS PROFITS

Over 1,000 dead in December 2022 due to cold homes

#BanForcedPPMs #ColdHomesKill

🚨BREAKING: over 1,000 people in England alone died in December as a result of living in cold damp homes. This was entirely preventable. The government must stop wasting time and act now to fix our broken energy system. #WarmThisWinter #ColdHomesKill

endfuelpoverty.org.uk

Over 1,000 people died in England as a result of living in cold damp homes in December 2022. [1] Based on new analysis by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition of official data for December 2022,

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❗️Join us in Brighton tomorrow (Friday): 10:30 at the war memorial in the Old Steine for a vigil and protest over winter deaths. ✊ Cold homes kill! #EndWinterDeaths #EnergyForAll