Nobody should spend their final days worrying about energy bills

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It’s time the government came good on its promise of an energy social tariff consultation (iStock)

Marie Curie is one of the 140 organisations calling for a consultation on an energy bills social tariff ahead of winter, as discussed in your recent article.

Without targeted financial support, terminally ill people could freeze to death this winter.

Our nurses are regularly seeing dying patients in cold houses, spending their last weeks and months unable to afford to keep themselves warm.