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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Chiara Fiorillo & Richard Guttridge

Struggling nan who can't afford heating says she'll buy Christmas gifts at Poundland

A desperate gran who can't afford to keep her heating on due to the cost of living crisis says she will have to do her Christmas shopping at Poundland.

Marianne Kiely, from Willenhall, West Midlands, is worried about the rising cost of gas and electricity and fears she will have barely any money left to treat her grandkids during the festive period this year.

As the weather gets colder, she said she has been putting on extra layers and wrapping herself in blankets.

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