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Shell also forcibly installed prepayment meters in some 4,145 homes during 2022, according to the i. The practice has been criticised because it is typically used where a household has run up debt, meaning those affected are disproportionately on lower incomes and less able to pay in advance. The i says the installations came in a year many of the company’s customers had to choose whether to “heat or eat”.

i Front Page 6th of September 2024

Brexit checks on fruit and vegetables imported from the EU have been delayed until January 2025 to prevent potential price increases in UK supermarkets and to respond to warnings about the impact on food supply and businesses.

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i Front Page 5th of September 2024

The 72 Grenfell Tower fire deaths in 2017 were deemed avoidable by an inquiry, which blamed ‘decades of failure’ by successive governments, ‘dishonesty’ of housing companies, cladding manufacturers, and a lack of strategy from the fire service.

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