Millions of people across the UK 'living in cold, damp homes'

Millions of people across the UK are living in cold, damp homes , new analysis suggests. Polling for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition found 14% said they live in a property that is cold and damp.

The research, which applied the polling figure across the adult population, estimates that this equates to 7.7million people in Britain. The polling by Opinium also found that those with health conditions are significantly more likely to report living in a cold, damp house.

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And just over a quarter of people have had mould at home frequently or occasionally in the last year.

Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: “Five years into the energy bills crisis and households are still waiting fo