Money And Benefits
This area of our website contains information on the following services:
Benefits
Financial help towards you paying your rent and/or council tax
Council Tax
Information on current tax levels
Grants
Information on finding sources of funding for groups and individuals.
For more information please follow the links on the left.
Money and Benefits News
On Monday 8 December 2008 at Huntingdon Magistrates Court, Avril Addison of Houghton was sentenced for four counts of benefit fraud following a prosecution brought by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Huntingdonshire District Council looks set to continue its policy of low council tax as the first steps of setting the budget for next year are taken.
On Wednesday 8 October at Huntingdon magistrates’ court, Richard Morgan (30) of Witham Close, St Ives, was sentenced to three months imprisonment on each of seven counts of benefit fraud between 2005 and 2008. The prison sentences, which were concurrent, were suspended for two years.
Are you are feeling the pinch with the credit crunch and struggling to pay your bills or need help with benefits or repairs/adaptations to your house? Thanks to a new information leaflet being launched in October residents will be able to access a wealth of information on where further support and help can be obtained.