An Army veteran claims he doesn’t know if he will live until Christmas as he faces the heartbreaking choice between eating or heating due to the rising cost of living, Hull Live reports. George Ford, 75, revealed he owes more than £1,400 to energy firms and has no idea how he will afford the rises in fuel. He now faces stark choices in a bid to reduce his growing debts.
Pensioner George, from Hull, told GB News: "I sit here until about 10pm with no light on. I make a flask of coffee or tea to last me all the time so I'm not using so much but my bills never seem to go down, I can't afford it. I know the things I suffer from, COPD, heart trouble and I've got no feeling in my hands or my legs. I don't think I'm going to be alive by Christmas because I can't afford to keep myself warm.
"I feel sorry for a lot of pensioners round here, it is going to hit them very much. It is going to hit the foodbanks more. I'll be honest, I just feel like dying."
