New £41m Scottish Government Winter Support Fund welcomed by MSP

Neil Gray, Airdrie MSP, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s new £41 million Winter Support Fund.

The package will help those on low incomes, children and people at risk of homelessness against a backdrop of rising living and fuel costs.

Support for those struggling with fuel bills will include access to fuel top-up vouchers, advice to manage fuel debt and support for those in remote and rural areas. The Winter Support Fund will continue to promote cash-first responses in line with the draft national plan on ending the need for foodbanks as a primary response.

Mr Gray said:“with the Universal Credit Uplift removal, higher fuel bills and the cost of living rising, those at the lowest end of the income scale will be hardest hit. Once more, the Scottish Government has put the needs of its citizens first rather than lining the pockets and giving peerages to their Tory donors.”