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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Syraat Al Mustaqeem

Disability charity Scope sees five-fold surge in people needing help with soaring energy bills

Ajay Yadav, a London-based wheelchair user, at work in his IT support job

(Picture: Supplied by Scope charity)

Disability charity Scope has seen a near-500 per cent rise in people needing help with soaring energy bills this year.

Scope referred 2,873 people this year through their Disability Energy Support (DES) service, over a six-month period. In 2021, only 493 people were referred by the charity.

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