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Daily Record
Daily Record
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Dan Vevers

Scots OAPs only heat one room and stay in bed for warmth, says fuel poverty report

A hidden fuel poverty epidemic in Scotland’s rural areas has been exposed in a shocking new report.

Pensioners told how they only heat one room in their home and stay in bed all morning to keep warm in harrowing interviews for researchers.

The study, commissioned by local housing groups and Highland and Islands Enterprise, spoke to people with lived experience of fuel poverty and frontline advisors who revealed the toll on people’s physical and mental health

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