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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Experts warn of ‘humanitarian crisis’ for children stuck in cold homes

A “significant humanitarian crisis with millions of children’s development blighted” is on the way if the Government does not act to prevent more than half of UK households plunging into fuel poverty, experts have warned.

High fuel costs and rising poverty are damaging health and this “profound impact” will worsen over the coming winter, widening inequality, according to a report by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE).

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