Complaints were quickly swatted away
East Lindsey district councillors rejected several calls for extra help to tackle the Cost of Living Crisis.
“Whilst we know that this may be a difficult winter, the summer communities team are working with local partners to help residents access financial practical and emotional support,” he said. “If we do not support some people this winter, they won’t object in two or three years time because they will not be here to object,” he said.
“We would frustrate our own desire to provide cover for future budget pressures. Thus, I prefer to be able to provide a continuous level of support in partnership with other agencies, rather than a soon forgotten single intervention.” Council leader Craig Leyland said now was the time to be prudent, watch the pennies and see how it impacted on residents, adding that doing so did not “make us somehow less human beings”.
Councillor Leyland said the council’s leadership were working closely together to “make sure our intelligence and responses to this challenge are as targeted as they can be, and that we are as flexible as we can be in reaction to government initiatives and to our own local understanding these issues”.
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