£7M awarded to Gloucestershire County Council to help vulnerable households

Gloucestershire County Council will be given further funds to help vulnerable households from the start of April.

The Government has awarded £7,384,966.28 to the council from the Household Support Fund which will help those struggling the most with rising prices.

The funding is an extension of the Household Support Fund and has been allocated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to English councils, who will then use it to support people in their local area pay for energy bills or groceries.

Mims Davies, DWP Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression, said: “The Household Support Fund has already helped vulnerable families across England through these challenging times and I am pleased it will continue to do so for another full year.

“This is just one part of our extensive and targeted £26 billion support package, which includes payments worth £900 for millions of people on benefits and additional support for disabled people and pensioners, whilst every household will continue to save money thanks to our Energy Price Guarantee.

“We also know that bearing down on inflation is one of the best ways to help families cope with rising bills, which is why the Prime Minister has made halving inflation this year one of his top priorities.”

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