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according to new analysis by the resolution foundation. that s when changes are due to the energy price cap, which sets the maximum that energy firms can charge customers on a standard tariff. the think tank, which focuses on people on lower incomes, predicts that more than six million households could suffer with gas and electricity bills set to soar. here s our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. i weigh six stone at the moment, so i m cold all the time. and because i m a wheelchair user and a lot of me doesn t move any more, my circulation is really very poor. anne vivian smith has a neurodegenerative condition. she lives with her husband, a university manager, in a small, increasingly cold bungalow in nottinghamshire, and the rising cost of energy is harming her health. i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four
whatever the term, the reality is more worry for people who ve already seen their bills rise quite sharply this year. my colleague, michael buchanan, has been speaking to some of the people who are struggling. i weigh six stone at the moment. so i m cold all the time. and because i m a wheelchair user, and a lot of me doesn t move any more, my circulation is really very poor. anne vivian smith has a neurodegenerative condition. she lives with her husband a university manager in a small, increasingly cold bungalow in nottinghamshire, and the rising cost of energy is harming her health. i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week. i no longer eat breakfast and lunch because it s too expensive. this morning, anne checked her energy bills, and received an almighty shock. we found out today our energy bill is usually £84 pounds a month, and it s going up to 140.
suffer. i weigh six stone at the moment, so i m cold all the time. and because i m a wheelchair user and a lot of me doesn t move any more, my circulation is really very poor. anne vivian smith has a neurodegenerative condition. she lives with her husband, a university manager, in a small, increasingly cold bungalow in nottinghamshire, and the rising cost of energy is harming her health. i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week. i no longer eat breakfast and lunch because it s too expensive. this morning, anne checked her energy bills and received an almighty shock. we found out today our energy bill is usually £84 a month, and it s going up to £140. that s nearly doubled, and yet dave s salary is not going up, my benefits aren t going up, and i m really distressed about it,
i weigh six stone at the moment. so i m cold all the time. and because i m a wheelchair user, and a lot of me doesn t move any more, my circulation is really very poor. anne vivian smith has a neurodegenerative condition. she lives with her husband a university manager in a small, increasingly cold bungalow in nottinghamshire, and the rising cost of energy is harming her health. i have three thermal layers on almost all the time now. i was sat under four blankets last week. i no longer eat breakfast and lunch because it s too expensive. this morning, anne checked her energy bills, and received an almighty shock. we found out today our energy bill is usually £81; a month, and it s going up to 140. that s nearly doubled, and yet