A rural family who ran out of heating oil say they were forced to wash their children in the kitchen.
BBC East Midlands Today
Richard Shaw, 33, is from Doveridge in the Derbyshire Dales, where about one in 10 households depend upon oil to heat their homes.The government said it recognised families were struggling with the cost of living.Mr Shaw, who is disabled and not working, said when he and his family moved into the house, a year ago, the cost of filling the tank had stood at about £400 but prices had risen rapidly since then.
"We couldn't afford any more. It got to the point where we were bathing the kids in the sink in the kitchen, filling up the kettle, boiling it, then letting it cool, for the water."
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