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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
David Bradshaw & Liam Buckler

Inside one of UK's most deprived areas where people turn off fridges to save money

A neighbourhood in the UK is so deprived people have to turn their fridges off to save money.

Increases in the price of food, petrol and energy, have seen residents taking extreme measures in order to survive, SurreyLive reported.

Residents in Merstham, which was ranked in 2019 as Surrey's most deprived area, are turning off their fridges as they can't afford the electricity.

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