Our leaders are being told to assume ‘urgent action’ to end over-65s freezing in their homes,but it’s like banging your head against an icy wallRosemary and I have just had our annual competition to see who’ll be the first to set aside on the central heating. I won. Rosemary cracked final week when the weather was mild as spring. Her excuse was that her grandchild was visiting. Otherwise, she’d have stayed in the kitchen swaddled in woolies, or clutching her hot-water bottle and boiling the odd kettle or pan of gruel. Now I’ve given in,or the novel paint in the lavatory would never have dried, and Daughter visited, or so I didn’t like to appear too stingy and spartan. Related: Government ‘must do more to help vulnerable households this winter’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com