Enough to make you shudder! Temperatures set for sudden plunge to minus 10C... as average heating bill for the elderly soars to £1,350

Daily Mail
"Cold snap will put huge pressure on elderly, fearful of turning up heating - Average gas and electricity bill for over-65s reached £1,356 last year - Five of 'Big Six' energy firms put up tariffs as winter began - Experts warn thousands will die from medical conditions worsened by chill
ED: from the comments:
"And there's more on the way - more expense and cost that is. Thanks to the most moronically stupid piece of legislation ever pushed through parliament, (the Climate Change Act 2008, pushed through by a Mr. Ed Milliband, and voted for by all but 3 of our MPs) energy costs are set to double over the next eight years. You cant have all these wind turbines and all the infrastructure to connect them without paying for it you know. And the Climate Change Act means this cost will hit through energy bills, not taxation. If you are a pensioner on a fixed income, you have only one option: grin and bear it for as long as you can.
- martwc, Basingstoke, 11/1/2013 11:00