Energy boss on meters: We don't smash doors in

The chief executive of an energy firm has said most people allow his team in to fit pre-payment meters in their homes.

Les Johnston, from Richburns, denied a claim from Labour MP Ian Lavery at the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee about how his staff enter people's homes to fit pre-payment meters to pay for fuel.

Mr Johnston denied the MP's claim that they "smash the doors down" to fit the meters.

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