The people in Greater Manchester paying thousands more than everyone else for bills this winter
"We don't want a big bill to hit us," she explained. "But I spend most of my time in bed, so it's okay."
"We sit in the dark," she said. "We have the TV on, but we don't tend to keep any lights on anymore." Despite taking place over the summer, the results revealed a bleak reality for disabled people - one feared to have worsened over the cold winter. At the time, one in five disabled people said they did not have enough money to buy the basic things they need to live and half said they were eating less.
But she says these essential expenses leave her with no disposable income. "None of it I could live without," she explained. "I can't function without it – I would die without it."
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