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By Ros Wynne Jones & Claire Donnelly Stephen Martin is living what the Prime Minister calls “a ­lifestyle choice”. An artist and gardener, he lives with mental health issues and Long Covid and has struggled with full-time work. Stephen lives in the family home in Sheffield he was born in, but spent a cold, dark winter there because he doesn’t have the money to rewire it. His electricity circuit blew more than a decade ago, so he lives without ­electricity and gas, with no heating, no light and no cooking facilities. Despite debilitating health ­conditions, the 64-year-old manages to work some …