Utilities scandal
I welcomed Radio Scotland's special report yesterday on switching utility suppliers. It highlighted these companies' practice of charging those on low incomes and those without bank accounts more, using white meters. It is exploitation.
Their reluctance to release customers' details to alternative suppliers is nothing short of arrogance.
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There are many people living in fuel poverty and political parties should be challenged to address this before the vulnerable need to endure another freezing winter.
CATRIONA C CLARK
Hawthorn Drive
Falkirk