'We're still cold paying £300 a month energy bills'
"Any reduction helps."I look forward to getting the winter fuel payment. People say it doesn't really help, but it does help through the winter months because obviously you're paying a lot more."She added: "You don't keep the house really warm, but you can't be cold, can you? She is a mother of two and her husband is self-employed.
- ▪"Any reduction helps."I look forward to getting the winter fuel payment.
- ▪People say it doesn't really help, but it does help through the winter months because obviously you're paying a lot more."She added: "You don't keep the house really warm, but you can't be cold, can you?
- ▪She is a mother of two and her husband is self-employed.
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'We're still cold paying £300 a month energy bills'Image caption, Pat Snell (right) with John says she fears how high their energy bills will be later in the yearByBen GodfreyWest Midlands correspondentPublished3 minutes agoA pensioner says trying to keep warm and afford heating this winter will be "horrific" amid rising energy costs.Pat Snell, from Redditch, Worcestershire, said she and her husband, John, who had a stroke, relied heavily on heating to keep him comfortable last winter."Even on a fixed-price tariff, our energy bills were £300 a month, and we were still cold," she said.Snell raised concerns about further rises as millions of households in England, Scotland and Wales face higher energy bills from Thursday, when Ofgem's latest energy price cap increase comes into force.
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