Families, pensioners, care leavers and victims of domestic violence will benefit from Hertfordshire County Council’s Household Support Fund (HSF). Following Government confirmation that the cash first introduced in 2021 will be provided for a further six months until September this year, the authority has set out its spending strategy. The council will provide: Supermarket food vouchers for families receiving benefits-related free school meals for the May half-term and summer school holidays. A welfare assistance scheme, helping households on low incomes facing an immediate financial crisis. S…
