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The boss of British Gas has said that every home should be forced to have a smart meters in a bid to meet net zero targets. 

Chris O'Shea's comments come two months after it was found that almost four million smart meters across Britain are not working properly leading to customers being overcharged for energy bills - according to government data. 

Speaking at the House of Commons energy select committee, the chief executive of Centrica - which owns British Gas - called for a 'street by street rather than customer to customer' installation for the devices over a five year period. 

He said: 'We think that in order to have the proper smart grid that's required to keep costs low in the future, everybody should have a smart meter. One of the things we should consider as to whether this is a voluntary programme, or whether it should be mandatory.'

Mr O'Shea went on to claim that more than a third of British Gas' seven and a half million customers had ignored offers to install a smart meter.