A mum-of-four whose daughter has a severe allergy to the cold is anxiety-ridden over how she will afford to keep her daughter warm with her bills set to double. Nikki Britton, 36, must have their heating on 24/7 in winter to keep ten-year-old Summer-Angel warm.
If temperature drops below around 20C her whole body develops itchy rashes and hives. But Nikki, who already receives Universal Credit and visits a food bank each week, has no idea how Summer-Angel will cope this winter.
She's been told her bills are going to double from around £6 a day to £12. Nikki, a full-time carer from Seaford, East Sussex, said: "When Summer has a reaction, it's incredibly painful for her.
