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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vicky Shaw

32% with cancer ‘wearing coats or dressing gowns indoors as energy bills surge’

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Nearly a third (32%) of people with cancer have resorted to wearing coats or dressing gowns indoors more to try to stay warm without spending extra, according to a charity.

One in six (16%) has been washing clothes or bedding less – or not at all – to try to keep costs down, Macmillan Cancer Support found.

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