Asthma attacks in more than 1m people linked to UK cost of living rationing

One in five asthmatics had attack as result of cutting back on food, heat or medicine due to costs, survey finds

More than a million people in the UK have experienced life-threatening asthma attacks after cutting back on medicine, heating or food amid the soaring cost of living crisis, a survey suggests.

One in five (20%) people living with asthma in the UK - of which there are 5.4 million - have had an attack as a result of changes they have been forced to make due to rising energy, food and household bills, according to the research by Asthma + Lung UK. Fuel poverty campaigners described the figures as distressing".