If you use one of the old pre-payment cards or key meters, you should have been sent vouchers through the post to get money off your monthly electricity usage for the next six months
As well as loads of signposting info and advice, there’s also a list of warm and welcoming spaces where residents can meet others, take part in activities, get a warm drink or meal
If worries or feelings of anxiety are constant, overwhelming or out of proportion to the situation then this can affect your daily life. Isle of Wight NHS share details of how you can get help
With publications like the Financial Times asking, “Is Britain now in a full-blown economic crisis?”, there’s a need for Islanders to understand the views of the Isle of Wight’s elected representative, Conservative MP, Bob Seely, about the budget
“The current cost of living crisis is the most serious attack on living standards for many decades, with huge numbers of people facing an erosion of living standards on a scale not seen for at least 50 years," says Mark Chiverton of UNISON
To cope with the increased financial pressures, the council have had to use part of the £14.2 million Covid contingency fund it set aside to fill the gaps in finances caused by the pandemic
See the new per kWh cost for electricity and gas under the Government's 'energy price guarantee' (price cap) and details of how households and businesses will be supported