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Financial support for families has been extended following the government’s announcement that the Household Support Fund will be renewed from April. We are currently working out details of the new phase of the scheme and will be in touch with those who are eligible for any payments to let them know how to claim. Residents do not need to contact us themselves. That current phase of the scheme, designed to help people meet essential living costs over Christmas and winter, has now...

The risk of wild birds carrying bird flu remains very high. All bird keepers must continue to house their birds and follow good biosecurity measures. See guidance from the Animal and Plant Health Agency below. ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · The risk of wild birds carrying bird flu remains VERY HIGH and so you must continue to keep your birds housed. The risk of your birds getting #AvianInfluenza is high if biosecurity is poor. If your birds...

NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ·Join us on our virtual area roadshows and find out more about the new North Yorkshire Council which will be in place from 1 April 2023. We’re running 6 evening webinars throughout April. These webinars will virtually visit towns across North Yorkshire, are free and open to all residents living in the county. This is your chance to hear about how we’re bringing together our eight district and borough councils and county council to...

Fraud has long been the crime you’re most likely to fall victim to, but it has now become near ubiquitous. A recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows that an estimated 5.1 million fraud offences were committed in England and Wales in the year to September 2021 – up 36% in two years. Fraud now accounts for 40% of all crimes recorded. The UK was already among the worst countries in Europe in terms of exposure to scams and fraud before the pandemic compounded the...

Get tax credits or child benefit paid into a Post Office card account? Set up an alternative account now or your payments will stop. Around 6,600 people who get tax credits, child benefit or guardian's allowance paid into a Post Office card account need to take action urgently as HMRC will stop making payments into these accounts after 5 April. If you have an alternative account already you must let HMRC know and if not you'll need to set one up. Below we explain what's...