Struggling Renfrewshire households are set to receive £150 of support to help tackle the rising cost of living.
But the Scottish Government's Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, admitted the money is "not enough" to help those hit hardest by cost-of-living increases.
The funding will go to households in council tax bands A to D and all those eligible for council tax reductions.
Some 1.85 million households in Scotland, 73 per cent of the total, will receive support worth £150 when these elements are combined.
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An extra £10m is also to be channelled in to help people struggling with fuel bills.
The cash comes in addition to £120m allocated to local government in a bid to hold down council tax increases in the coming year.
Ms Forbes said she's aware the payments are "not enough" with households across the UK struggling, and called for "urgent" action from the UK government.
We told last week how Renfrewshire residents are facing above average rises in gas and electricity bills when consumer price caps are pushed up by 54 per cent in April.
Rising prices, high inflation and increases in National Insurance contributions are all set to compound to pile pressure on hard-up homes.
Ms Forbes said these costs would "hit the most vulnerable in our society the hardest", and have the potential to push homes into fuel poverty.
The finance secretary said there was still uncertainty about how much extra funding is on offer from the UK government, but committed to spending £290m in "targeted assistance" for those on the lowest incomes.
Local authorities will have the choice of delivering the £150 payments either as a direct cash payment or as a credit to council tax accounts.
Ms Forbes said this was "clearly an imperfect scheme£, but said it was "the only route we have to make sure we reach those for whom it will make a difference, quickly and simply".
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