MP backing victims in pay-out bid

OLDHAM MP Michael Meacher has vowed to help the 1,400 Oldhamers mis-sold cashback plans on white goods in the 1990s.

Scottish Power’s extended warranty and cashback scheme - known as Power Plan - promised buyers that if they didn’t make a claim they would get their money back in full after five years.

PowerPlan went into administration around 10 years ago and 625,000 consumers — including 1,400 in Oldham — lost £79 million.

Oldham West and Royton MP Mr Meacher, who attended a meeting after being contacted about the issue, said: “I will be putting down parliamentary questions to see what the Government is doing. The real issue is that people appear to have been cheated based on technicalities.

“In many cases the cash back offer was crucial to people buying the product and the reason many did purchase the products.”