Disabled people facing ‘impossible choices to survive’ in cost of living crisis

Charities urge chancellor to use spring statement to support disabled people through soaring energy prices and increasing fuel and food costs

Disabled people will face impossible choices in order to survive" amid a perfect storm of soaring energy prices, increasing fuel and food costs and cuts to government support, charities warn.

As the UK steadies itself for a rise in energy bills next month at the same time as state benefits are cut in real terms, leading disability and poverty charities including Scope, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), Leonard Cheshire, and the MS Society have told the Guardian that disabled people and their families will be put under severe financial pressure.