Under the warmth of an electric blanket, Carl Bradshaw lies alone on his sofa. All he has to eat is a two-day old Chinese takeaway.
He’ll put the heating on to take the chill out of the room, but only for an hour. Carl can’t afford to have it on for any longer. Up to his eyes in debt, he knows he could have his supply cut off at any given moment.
“I don’t pay it,” the 60-year-old, from Gorton, told the Manchester Evening News. “I don’t worry about the debt. What are they going to do if they cut me off? They’ll put me back on because I’m disabled.
