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Voters “are really tired of excuses,” and “what we understand is that, yes, communities might speak different languages, but they share the same struggles.”

Policies in place to help those struggling with bills include the Warm Home Discount scheme, which offers low-income households, and those vulnerable to cold-related illness, a one-off energy bill rebate of £150.

Laura is an older woman, highly educated, actively devout, intelligent, resourceful, good-humored and a long-time resident of a community that struggles to balance its relative wealth with the neediness of surrounding communities.

The older ones, who are teenagers, have struggled particularly with the lack of their own space.

Not all communities devastated by wildfire have struggled the same, the Times analysis shows.