An elderly couple are being forced to wear coats to bed as they can no longer afford their heating bills since they more than doubled last month, saying the increase has “taken over their lives”.
Gerald Porter, 83, is even debating going back to work to get more money to support his wife Mair, 80, who has just been diagnosed with dementia.
The couple, who live in Melksham, Wiltshire, have been forced to give up their social lives as cash is so tight and have even stopped using their oven to keep bills down.
