Almost 5,000 excess deaths due to cold homes last winter as Treasury fails to give out £440m in energy support | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/winter-deaths-cold-homes-energy-support-b2406316.html
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Forced prepay meter installations to be banned in homes of over-85s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65305959
Age shouldn't be a factor in this, neither should anything else.
The practice should be illegal. Full stop / Period.
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