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Man forced to move out of Scots home after pre-payment meter error doubles energy bills

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An SNP MP has called for action after a Glasgow resident was forced to move out his home due to a pre-payment meter error which more than doubled his energy costs.

Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss asked the UK Government to help her constituent Justin Valmassoi who had been "ignored and let down" by his energy provider Utilita.Valmassoi, 43, is moving out of his flat on Victoria Road in Glasgow as he cannot afford his increased energy costs.

The Detroit-born chef has lived in the flat for four years and said his electricity bills were regularly between £100 and £150 a month.

In October they rose to over £300 a month without him changing his habits.Valmassoi previously had to shut down Nanika, his popular South-east Asian restaurant on Victoria Road, after its bills quadrupled from £250 to £1,000 a month.He said: "I've lived here for four years.

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