A Scots man has been arrested and charged in connection with large scale fraud offences spanning across four years.
23.06.2022 - 07:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An island crofter has claimed soaring fuel prices left him homeless and penniless.
Dad-of-three Karl Hughes says he had to sell his home on Tiree and move into a caravan after falling behind on mortgage payments.
He drives around the island delivering livestock but faces sky high diesel prices of £2.25 a litre at his local garage.
It is understood to be among the most expensive fuel in Scotland and costs £112.50p to fill the tank of the average family car. Petrol sells for £2.18 a litre.
The 59-year-old told how Scots living in remote areas like his are facing a cost of living disaster because the cost of gas cylinders to heat their homes has also soared.
Karl moved into the caravan parked on land where he keeps 20 sheep and a flock of chickens after he ran out of cash and had to sell his home.
He said: “People are having to look at car-sharing because they can’t afford to fill up. We just don’t have the money.
“I’m living in a caravan because I had to sell my croft house. It’s all coming to a head.
“People are really starting to suffer here. We’re not on the gas mains network so we’re all heating our houses with LPG gas bottles.
“They used to be about £40 and are now £60 each. In the summer, just using it for cooking, that’ll last me 10 days.”
He told how people were struggling with the price of food in the island’s main shop, the Co-op where they are looking out for discounted food.
Karl added: “You’re seeing it etched in everyone’s faces – people are scared. You see more people buying the yellow-stickered food in the shop.
“The whole system is messed up. Everything feels rigged against the people who actually live here and that’s after going through Covid.
“I have to use the food bank, and I’m on Universal Credit
A Scots man has been arrested and charged in connection with large scale fraud offences spanning across four years.
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