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Watch our new fuel poverty video

The bleak reality of struggling to survive when high energy bills are a constant worry has been captured in a new short Turn2us online video. 

This tells the stories of four women who are experiencing fuel poverty, including:

  • Rita Brown, aged 56 from Baildon near Bradford, who spends around 20% of her income on fuel. Rita said: "I'm currently unemployed and can’t afford to stay indoors. I go to the library during the day just to try and keep warm. When I wake up I have cramps because it is so cold, but I can’t afford to have the heat on."
  • Jayne Burnett, aged 48 from London, who is registered blind. She said: "Because of my poor health I can’t get cold. But it’s a struggle. We live in tough economic times and everyone is making cutbacks, but none of the fuel companies appear to be doing so. They are making huge profits still, and that doesn’t seem right."

Watch our fuel poverty video (link opens in a new window)

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