ENERGY BILL SUPPORT SCHEME

The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AFG) is providing support of £400 for energy bills for households in England, Scotland and Wales without a direct relationship to a

More info

Discretionary Housing Payments

The current Discretionary Housing Payments and Council Tax Support Exceptional Hardship Policies are available for you to view following the link below. To view the policy documents in your browser, please click

More info

Household Support Fund

Through the DWP, the Government has made available a new Household Support Fund (HSF) to County Councils and Unitary Authorities in England to support those in need this winter.  Hyndburn

More info

Radon in Hyndburn

The most up to date information regarding Radon mapping in the United Kingdom, is held openly on Public Health England’s Radon site, which provides Radon potential in 1Km grid square

More info

Coronavirus information

Living with Covid-19 Central Government announced the ‘Living with Covid’ phase of the Covid-19 response. It aims to maintain the population’s wall of protection and encourage people to follow safer

More info

Council Tax

Council Tax is a national system of paying a tax towards local services.  It was introduced in 1993 and is collected in Hyndburn by us as a billing authority. We

More info

Council Tax Support

Hyndburn’s Council Tax Support Scheme Council Tax Benefit was abolished in April 2013 and replaced with a local scheme known as Council Tax Support. Council Tax Support is similar to

More info

Emergency Planning

The Civil Contingencies Bill was introduced to Parliament on 7 January 2004. Its development was informed from the start by close consultation with key stakeholders in what was an open

More info

Universal Credit

Universal credit is part of the Government’s Welfare Reform. It is a new benefit that has replaced 6 existing benefits with a single monthly payment if you are out of

More info