Millions of elderly Brits fear a 'Starve or freeze to death'
When she first started to shed some weight, Yvonne DeBurgo quipped that she could afford to lose it. But over the past three months, the 77-year-old widow from the southern English county of Oxfordshire has lost nearly 25 pounds, a result of eating just one cooked meal a day - with just a piece of fruit or a sandwich for dinner. DeBurgo lost the weight while trying to save money -- a sobering manifestation of the country's cataclysmic cost of living crisis , one that appears to have no end in sight. In July, inflation rose above 10% for the first time in 40 years, driven by the skyrocketing cost of energy , food and fuel. The Bank of England forecasts inflation will soar to 13% by the end of the year. Analysts say it could go even higher early next year. DeBurgo, who relies on her state pension and a supplementary Pension Credit benefit, says her grocery bills have already nearly doubled over the course of about a month, with the rising cost of fuel e...