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‘Heat the person not the home’: Martin Lewis offers ‘desperate’ households advice on staying warm

“I felt sad asking my team to put this together, but my emailbag is full of folk so desperate they can’t put the heat on, I wanted to try some help."

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-04-07 11:28
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Martin Lewis has been forced to ditch money-saving advice on energy bills to offer desperate households tips on staying warm.

His latest newsletter, headlined ‘heat the human, not the home,’ suggests families strapped for cash could turn to electric blankets, heated insoles and hot water bottles inside a sleeping bag in order to keep their body temperature up.

“I felt sad asking my team to put this together, but my emailbag is full of folk so desperate they can’t put the heat on, I wanted to try some help,” Lewis said.

The guide, which contains methods suggested by Lewis’s readers, is a stark reminder of the new reality for many Britons as energy price hike pushes bills up an average of £2,000 this year.

The Money Saving Expert team calculated the initial cost of each appliance and how much it costs to run per hour and week. They found that items which can be charged via USB such gloves, heated insoles and hand warmers are the cheapest, costing only 4p per week.

The guide advises layering up clothes to ensure you are well-insulate and eating regularly, including at least one hot meal a day, although it acknowledged the bleak reality that some may not be able to afford this and suggested readers use their local food bank if needed.

Many readers responded with dismay that such advice was necessary.

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“It’s a damning indictment of the depths to which this country has sunk when the cheerful guy who provided advice about the best savings, offers and phone deals is now tearfully providing advice on how not to die from cold or malnutrition,” wrote one.

Another tweeted: “This is absolutely bizarre! It’s like we’re describing how to live in a post apocalyptic nuclear winter – not in the 5th (possibly 6th) wealthiest country in the world”.

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