It is far from unusual for politicians to deliver tax breaks and funding giveaways in the months before an election.
And so a council handing out £100 vouchers to households to help with energy bills sounds like simply another pre-election policy hoping to win over potential voters.
But the £1million Fuel Poverty Hardship Fund rolled out by Belfast City Council has been mired in controversy - and claims of being hijacked by a DUP and Sinn Féin "carve-up".
