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Daily Mirror
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Alice Peacock

Mum of disabled girl needing home heated to 21C due to health condition 'terrified' about rising energy bills

A mother whose disabled girl needs to be kept within a certain temperature fears for her daughter's health this winter if benefits aren’t increased in line with inflation.

Peggy Kent's 10-year-old girl Honey-bea suffers from a rare condition which can cause her skin to crack and bleed if her surrounding climate is not around 21C.

Peggy, a 49-year-old Lincolnshire woman, lives in Bourne with Honey-bea, her partner of 17 years Matthew Kent, and his 16-year-old son Aidan, who has Asperger's Syndrome.

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