Store employee Ankur Patel, who was born in the state of Gujarat in India, helps a customer at a branch of the Tool Shop hardware stores in the Bayswater area of central London, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Millions of people across the U.K. are facing a long, bleak winter as the rising cost of living collides with the end of government programs that once shielded households from the economic fallout of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)