Just two per cent of councils in England believe the government’s new funding commitment to help struggling households will be enough to meet rapidly growing need, a shocking new survey has revealed.
Labour has pledged £1 billion a year for at least three years to local authorities through its new Crisis and Resilience Fund. This will replace the Household Support Fund – used by councils to support low-income households – and Discretionary Housing Payments, which are one-off grants to help with housing costs.
