The first people in Bristol to get a one-off £150 council tax rebate to help pay for soaring energy bills will start receiving the money from next Monday, council chiefs have announced.
The Government announced the rebate earlier this year and it was supposed to be paid to everyone eligible in April, but Bristol City Council - along with lots of other councils across the country - have had to delay it until May to work out how to get the money to the people who are entitled to it.
The council’s cabinet member for finance, Cllr Craig Cheney, said everyone at City Hall was grateful for the patience shown by people who have been waiting for it, while the wheels of the council turned to sort this out.
