BBCNEWS BBC News January 17, 2022 20:40:00
From £41; to £99 a month. now dependent on benefits, she's petrified of using her central heating. how can i afford £99 a month for one bill? they've told me to switch off everything in the night, anything that goes on standby, plug out everything and i'm saying, "how can i do that?" i can't bend down. if i go on the floor, i've got to crawl on my knees, i can't get up, so how do they expect me to be turning everything off? around one in five families in the west midlands struggle to pay their energy bills, the highest level of fuel poverty in england. recent price rises coupled with the re...