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<p>The 2022-23 Local Government Financial Settlement provides local authorities with
an additional £3.7 billion of resources – including the largest cash-terms increase
in grant funding in 10 years. It is for local authorities to determine how to allocate
this funding. The Government’s Energy Price Guarantee scheme will cap the unit price
households pay for electricity and gas, which means that a typical household in Great
Britain will have to pay bills equivalent to no more than £2500 a year on their energy
bills this winter. In addition, the Government has provided a £650 Cost of Living
payment to over 8 million households on means-tested benefits, with additional support
for pensioners and those on disability benefits, and a six-month extension to the
Household Support Fund in England.</p>
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