An energy supplier has announced it is giving away free electric blankets to help customers keep warm amid record-high gas and electric bills.
Octopus Energy will be handing out 5,000 blankets to those in need as the cost of living crisis affects nearly all households across the UK. According to Uswitch, it would cost 28p to use an electric blanket for an hour a night - over a week, this would cost someone £1.96.
Heating a blanket for one or two people should prove more energy-efficient than attempting to heat an entire room or house and could help reduce the cost of gas and electricity. Octopus had 5,000 blankets available and warned that "stocks are very low", Hull Live reports.
