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A MOTHER “self-disconnected” the gas supply to her home due to surging energy prices, an anti-poverty charity has claimed.
Kirsty McKechnie, from Child Poverty in Action Group Scotland, said the lone parent with two young children was still being hit with a standing charge after making the decision to disconnect her gas last year.
She told BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme on Saturday: “I worry about the sheer number of families who will find themselves struggling over the forthcoming decisions about whether you heat the home or whether you feed your children.”
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