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PERTH & KINROSS ALLOCATED TO LEVEL 2 IN COVID FRAMEWORK
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- Friday, 30 October 2020
Ms Roseanna Cunningham MSP has commented on the news that the Perth & Kinross Council area has been placed in Level 2 of the Scottish Governments Covid-19 framework.
NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN PERTH & KINROSS SUPPORTED BY SNP GOVERNMENT DOUBLES AS CRISIS GRANTS HIT RECORD HIGH OVER LOCKDOWN
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- Wednesday, 28 October 2020
The Scottish Welfare Fund made 1,235 crisis grant payments to people in Perth & Kinross in the last financial quarter – an increase of 109% on last year – to help pay for essentials such as food, heating costs, and household necessities.
ROSEANNA WELCOMES WINTER HEATING PAYMENT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Ms Roseanna Cunningham MSP has welcomed the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Shirley Anne Somerville, of a new payment to support people in need. The Child Winter Heating Assistance is a new £200 payment to help families of a child on the highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance for Children to heat their homes. There are more than 14,000 children expected to be eligible.
MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN IN PERTH & KINROSS TO BENEFIT AS FREE SCHOOL MEALS EXTENDED
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- Thursday, 22 October 2020
Ms Roseanna Cunningham MSP has welcomed the news that more than 2,000 children across Perth & Kinross will benefit from extra funding to extend free school meals over the Christmas and Easter holidays. £10 million has been made available by the SNP Government so that councils can continue providing free school meals through the winter breaks with future funding confirmed to extend support over Easter.