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Barnardo’s doesn’t get the point at all
THIS is a terribly amusing piece of nonsense from Barnardo’s: you know, the charity that gave up actually caring for downtrodden children to campaign for, umm, whatever it is this week. Or you could look at it as being terribly depressing, the realisation that supposedly intelligent people have entirely lost the plot.
Families need to spend £1,165 a year to adequately heat their homes, but people in the lowest 10 per cent of incomes are spending only £723, leaving homes cold and potentially damaging children’s health.
This “fuel gap” of £450 has more than doubled from £200 in 2004, Barnardo’s said.
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Posted: 21st, February 2012 | In: Money | Comment (1)
