Tracy Brabin steps in to fill void left by Westminster chaos to support people with cost of living

• New multimillion-pound fund to support charities providing vital support to households struggling with squeezed budgets

• Businesses to benefit from grant scheme to provide help towards cost of energy for example helping them buy a new boiler

• Investment in retrofitting socially rented homes to be expanded to help 1,700 more households lower their bills

Households and businesses hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis will benefit from additional support from West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, as a package of measures were agreed today (21 October).  

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority this afternoon approved a multimillion-pound plan to support businesses and our most vulnerable households.  

The package of measures is designed to provide immediate relief for people and businesses in crisis, prevent more people from falling further into economic hardship and increase the region’s resilience to future economic shocks such as energy price hikes. These will be launched as quickly as possible over the coming weeks and months.