UK: Mum forced to take ‘milk to GP surgery to warm it up'

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Ms Moriarty discussed a single mother who sought advice as she could not afford to warm up her baby’s milk at home, heat her home or charge her mobile phone. The chief executive claimed that Citizens Advice had seen a steep increase in people coming to them for help and that it had become a crisis. Many of the people seeking advice due to the energy price hike are on pr-payment metres which they now cannot afford to top up in order to heat their homes. The ongoing cost of living crisis is set to worsen this winter, with many more people turning to food banks and demanding more Government assistance in order to survive this winter.

Ms Moriarty told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “So we are already seeing a huge crisis among the people who are coming to us for help.

“In September, we referred more people than ever before to food banks and we’ve seen a really steep rise in the number of people who can’t top up their pre-payment metres.

“That’s real people, like the woman who came to us recently, a single mum who was cut off from gas and electricity.

Ms Moriarty added: “She had fallen behind on bills after she separated from her partner.

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“She had been pushed onto a pre-payment metre, and she couldn’t top it up.

“She is now having to resort to taking her baby’s milk to the GPs surgery to warm it up.

“And sitting in her dad’s car to keep warm and charge her phone.”

There have been ongoing reports of people Ms Moriarty is describing across the UK, not just single parents but the elderly too.

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Food shop prices in the UK hit a record  5.1 per cent in August and could inflate even higher.

Many Britons cannot afford the inflation in the British economy and are already struggling.

The increased costs of energy bills are also having an effect on the way that people can cook their food at home.

Food banks in the UK are becoming a lifeline for many people who cannot afford to pay for food and heat their homes this winter.

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A trustee of West Cheshire Foodbank, Ian Oulton said: “For the first time, we’re spending thousands of pounds on food to top up our supply – around 20 per cent. This is an unsustainable situation for an independent charity.

“The majority of people coming here are working people. People with full-time jobs are now requesting non-cook food because people can’t afford to put the oven on.

“More and more are turning down fresh veg because they can’t afford to cook it. This is a disaster. What happens when it gets colder?”

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