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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ros Wynne Jones & Maryam Qaiser

Meet the cash-strapped Brits who face choosing between heating and BREATHING

In Austerity Britain, the dilemma ‘heat or eat’ has become part of our national language. But for many disabled people during the cost-of-living crisis, the choice is even more stark – eat or breathe.

That’s the choice facing Sulaiman Khan, who has muscular dystrophy.

Electricity powers the medical equipment – including a ventilator – without which he would die.

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