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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Energy regulator admits vulnerable people are getting ill because they can’t afford electricity

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Vulnerable people are making themselves ill by cutting off electricity due to “unprecedented prices”, the UK’s energy regulator has admitted.

An Ofgem official admitted to an NHS chief that vulnerable patients are also rationing their energy due to prices and that the situation is only going to get worse.

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