Government extends Household Support Fund until March 2025

On 2nd September the UK Government announced that the Household Support Fund has been renewed until 31st March 2025 and will provide £421 million for local authorities in England to help people most in need with the cost of essentials including food, energy and water bills. 

The Government also went some way to address the uncertainty surrounding the Fund by stating “the government is exploring options around how best to provide sustainable support to vulnerable households in the longer term while the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce develops an ambitious strategy to tackle the root causes of poverty”.

Read the full statement from the government here.