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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Millions cannot afford to heat homes as UK faces Arctic snap

A radiator
A fifth of the country’s 2.5 million low-income households are going without food and heating, data shows. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

More than 3 million low-income UK households cannot afford to heat their homes, according to research, as a “dangerously cold” weather front arrives from the Arctic.

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a cold weather alert recommending vulnerable people warm their homes to at least 18C, wear extra layers and eat hot food to protect themselves from plummeting temperatures.

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