Chiefs have defended a £3 million cost of living support package for residents after a Tory councillor called it a ‘reckless use of money’.
Oldham’s cabinet agreed to invest millions in its response to the unfolding cost of living crisis, which has seen funding provided to Oldham Foodbank and the creation of ‘warm banks’ – spaces for residents to go to freely if they are struggling to afford to heat their homes – in all of the borough’s libraries.
However at a meeting of the full council, opposition councillors were critical of the support package, agreed at the end of September.
