Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeOne in six Britons are taking "drastic action" to cope with heatwaves, including sleeping in kitchens, missing work, or booking hotels, Citizens Advice has found. These measures extend to sleeping in gardens or on balconies, taking sick days or unpaid leave, and paying for hotels. Citizens Advice is now demanding government action on a "now year-round crisis" of "soaring heat in summer and unaffordable energy bills in winter." The study also found 90,000 heat network consumers were unable to turn off their central heating even in summer.