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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Lucy Thornton

WW2 hero, 98, can afford to boil kettle for only one cup of tea in cost of living crisis

Jack Mortimer was part of the ‘greatest generation’ during World War II, helping secure freedom for the world when he was just 20 years old and “frightened to death”.

Regardless of these heroics the D-Day veteran, like many pensioners across the UK, is now living in fear of his energy bills.

The 98-year-old only boils enough water for one cuppa and puts his immersion heating on every other day, to keep his rising energy bills down.

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