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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Charity helping Britons through bills crisis worried ‘people could freeze to death’

Mike Pinches/Comic Relief

Kelly Brennan does not know if she will be able to afford Christmas dinner. The single mother-of-four from Halifax has had sleepless nights worrying about how she will cope with rising bills.

The crippling cost of living is heightened owing to the pressure of her having to buy premium food products for her seven-year-old son who has multiple food allergies and suffers from topic eczema. “He has a strict diet,” said Ms Brennan. “He can only eat organic foods and organic is expensive.”

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