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Linky meter fitting ‘should be halted’
Possible legal action to halt the rollout
A former environment minister and a group of 92 associations have called for the Linky smart electricity meter rollout to be halted over health fears.
Corinne Lepage, minister in 1995-97, threatened legal action to halt the rollout while the associations asked MPs to stop new installations.