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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Milica Cosic

'My bills will hit £5,000 this year – I’ve told the kids there'll be no Christmas'

A widowed mum says that the growing cost of bills means she has to work three jobs to cover herself, and fears there may be no Christmas for her kids this year.

Louise Parker, 48, says it is “obscene” that energy fat cats are pocketing huge bonuses while she can barely even cover her soaring bills.

The mum-of-three from Higham Ferrers, Northants says her energy bills have already doubled since her fixed rate tariff ended in May - from £68 to a whopping £151 per month.

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