Town on crisis cash 'cliff edge'
Manchester Evening News|August 23, 2024
A GREATER Manchester town is facing a 'cliff edge' with key crisis support cash set to run out next month.
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Town on crisis cash 'cliff edge'

Struggling residents in Stockport are currently able to get help to pay for essentials such as food and energy bills from a scheme known as the Household Support Fund.

The former government gave Stockport and other councils around the country money to fund this programme, with a six-month extension to the scheme announced in March.

Stockport council was given £2m to last until September 30 - but the new Labour government has not confirmed if it will continue beyond then. The situation has left councillors in Stockport town hall worried that losing the money could cause 'huge harm' to vulnerable residents in the borough.

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