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| Bristol City Council to spend £4m on winter support | Bristol City Council to spend £4m on winter support |
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| The funding is part of a nationwide government scheme | The funding is part of a nationwide government scheme |
| A council will receive £4m from the government to help vulnerable people this winter. | A council will receive £4m from the government to help vulnerable people this winter. |
| Bristol City Council's Household Support Fund will go towards free school meals during holidays and helping people with unaffordable energy bills. | Bristol City Council's Household Support Fund will go towards free school meals during holidays and helping people with unaffordable energy bills. |
| The spending plan was approved by council leaders at a cabinet meeting on 1 November. | The spending plan was approved by council leaders at a cabinet meeting on 1 November. |
| But Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said the plan is "heartening, but not enough". | But Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said the plan is "heartening, but not enough". |
| According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the fund will be used to help people get through the winter months as inflation rises and the economy enters another recession. | According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the fund will be used to help people get through the winter months as inflation rises and the economy enters another recession. |
| Deputy mayor Craig Cheney, cabinet member for finance, said: "We will be spending £1.9m on free school meals for children during October, Christmas, February and Easter; £709,000 will be given to various charities to assist low-income households with food and fuel poverty; £350,000 to add to the local crisis prevention fund; and £220,000 to assist care leavers and foster families with food and heating costs." | Deputy mayor Craig Cheney, cabinet member for finance, said: "We will be spending £1.9m on free school meals for children during October, Christmas, February and Easter; £709,000 will be given to various charities to assist low-income households with food and fuel poverty; £350,000 to add to the local crisis prevention fund; and £220,000 to assist care leavers and foster families with food and heating costs." |
| 'It's not enough' | 'It's not enough' |
| Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said: "That list is actually in line with what we're trying to get done. | Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said: "That list is actually in line with what we're trying to get done. |
| "We want to be ambitious for the city but ambitious in a way that's compassionate and inclusive. In the middle of all this it's a heartening list to go through. It's not enough, but it is heartening." | "We want to be ambitious for the city but ambitious in a way that's compassionate and inclusive. In the middle of all this it's a heartening list to go through. It's not enough, but it is heartening." |
| Bristol City Council plans to allocate the funds to the relevant services between October 2022 and March 2023. | Bristol City Council plans to allocate the funds to the relevant services between October 2022 and March 2023. |
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