Claim: 30,000 British pensioners freeze to death each year.
Fact-check: There were 25,260 excess winter deaths across all ages in Great Britain last year - Full Fact
Verdict: about 25,260 excess deaths occurred in gb over winter 2018/19—a lower number than in recent years—and most were in people of pension age. cold weather is a major contributor to these deaths, but there are a number of causes.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Kate Lewis
Date published: 2020-01-23T00:00:00