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Campaigners slam government for ‘shirking its duty’ to millions in fuel poverty
An elderly lady with her electric fire on at home in Liverpool

CHARITIES are being inundated with desperate pleas for energy bill help, with campaigners today slamming the government for “shirking its duty” to millions in fuel poverty.

Ministers were urged to “start putting people before private profit” as freezing temperatures were set to continue this weekend.

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