£100 Vouchers Sent To Harborough Pensioners
Written by HFM News on 22nd September 2022
Vouchers are being sent to hundreds of pensioners across Harborough to help them with the continuing cost of living crisis.
The one-off £100 payment is the latest part of Leicestershire County Council’s package of support designed to support people in the face of soaring energy bills, rising food prices and other day-to-day costs.
The vouchers can be exchanged for cash at shops that offer PayPoint services until December 16th.
Around 11,000 pensioners across Leicestershire will receive them and Cllr Lee Breckon, the council’s cabinet lead member for finance and resources, said: “Everywhere you look it is obvious that vulnerable people in Leicestershire are feeling the bite of the cost-of-living crisis.
“We, as a council, cannot control some of the major economic factors pushing up costs but we are in a position to help our older residents who may be finding things harder than others.
“There are thousands of Leicestershire pensioners who are worried about paying their bills.
“The new £100 payment will off them some relief and I’d urge them to claim it.”
Information about support with cost of living is available at www.leicestershire.gov.uk/cost-of-living
