我是一名养老金领取者，却拿不到 250 英镑的冬季燃油费——这太糟糕了

我在彭赞斯有一套单床公寓，只有电，没有煤气。当我接手它时，供应商每月要 125 英镑。我说对于这么大的地方来说这太荒谬了，所以把价格降到了 40 英镑。

A Cornish pensioner has said she will not be putting the heating on at all this winter as she cannot afford the rising energy bills.

康沃尔郡的一位养老金领取者表示，她今年冬天根本不会开暖气，因为她负担不起不断上涨的能源费用。

The woman, who lives in a one-bed flat in Penzance, said her electricity bill was initially set at £125 a month when she moved in.

这名女子住在彭赞斯的一套单床公寓里，她说，她搬进来时，电费最初定为每月 125 英镑。

She managed to get it reduced to £40 but said she hardly uses any electricity as she boils a kettle to wash up and doesn't use the immersion heater.

她设法把价格降到了 40 英镑，但她说她几乎不用电，因为她会烧水壶来洗衣服，也不使用浸入式加热器。

"Last year I thought I would put the heating on, I’ve got a log effect electric fire," she added. "But if I had it on all day it would cost me a tenner.

“去年我想我应该把暖气打开，我有一个原木效应电火，”她补充道。 “但如果我整天戴着它，那就要花十块钱了。

"I don’t plan to put the heating on at all this winter. Instead, I have a blanket on my sofa, I wear a chunky cardigan, and I change the summer duvet for a winter one.

“我今年冬天根本不打算开暖气。相反，我在沙发上铺了一条毯子，穿了一件厚羊毛衫，把夏天的羽绒被换成了冬天的。

"I also don’t want to put money into the pockets of the power companies. And I was brought up by my dad that, if there’s a light on, switch it off.

“我也不想把钱放进电力公司的口袋里。我父亲从小就告诉我，如果有灯亮着，就把它关掉。

"My income means I just about miss out on pension credit. I got the £250 winter fuel payment last year but now I won’t. It’s grim. There are so many people in the same situation.

“我的收入意味着我几乎错过了养老金信贷。去年我得到了 250 英镑的冬季燃油补贴，但现在我不会了。这很糟糕。有很多人处于同样的情况。”

"My state pension is £221 a week. I know it is supposed to go up next April, but that won’t help with the winter energy bills.

“我的国家养老金是每周 221 英镑。我知道明年 4 月应该会上涨，但这对支付冬季能源费用没有帮助。

"I’ve spoken to nurses who have been down here on holiday and they are very concerned about the extra pressure on the NHS by doing away with this payment for so many people.

“我和来这里度假的护士谈过，他们非常担心取消这么多人的这笔费用会给国民医疗服务体系带来额外的压力。

"It’s got to the point where I’m even thinking of going off-grid: getting a van and building a cabin the woods. Then I would also save on council tax.

“我什至考虑脱离电网：买一辆货车，在树林里建一间小屋。然后我还可以节省市政税。