High Cost of Fuel Puts Elderly Lives 'at Risk'

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A senior citizen's campaigner has warned more elderly people could die because they cannot afford to heat their home in the cold winter months.

The comments by Ken Bell, from Cornwall Senior Citizen's Forum, came after the release of a report by price comparison website uswitch.com which warned that nearly a third of over-65s in the South West and Wales are having to choose between eating and heating their homes.

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High Cost of Fuel Puts Elderly Lives 'at Risk'

The company said that 27 per cent were close to fuel poverty - spending 5 to 10 per cent of their income on energy each month - while 20 per cent were in fuel poverty because they w...

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