The leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said local government “has a first aid box” when “we need A&E” on the cost of living crisis. Councillor Andrew Morgan was speaking as cabinet agreed extra support worth nearly £3m for families with school-age children, lower-paid council employees, and residents who are in extreme financial hardship in Rhondda Cynon Taf to help with the cost of living.
The council has laid out the measures it plans to introduce as part of a £2.89m extra local scheme. Cabinet approved the measures at a meeting Tuesday, September 6, which will see £1.65m will go towards payments to around 22,000 families with one child or more of compulsory school age.
A payment of £75 will be made per family rather than per child and families of a home-educated child or children will be eligible as will families of a child or children that attend a school outside of Rhondda Cynon Taf but live in the county borough. Compulsory school age will be as at the start of the school term beginning September 2022 and a child begins to be of compulsory school age the term following their fifth birthday.
