Selkirk given a cold weather cash
Published 3 Jan 2013 07:30
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THE recent cold spell has triggered a warming cash payment for heating homes in Selkirk.
A seven-day freeze, leading up to December 13, saw benefit claimants in the TD7 postcode area become entitled to the one-off Cold Weather Payment of £25.
Temperatures also stayed below freezing in the Hawick TD9 area for the required seven days.
Local MP Michael Moore said: "As the cold weather sets in, I welcome this further boost for Borderers which will be paid automatically to people in receipt of certain benefits.
"Alongside the Winter Fuel Allowance for the elderly, this measure will make a real difference to Borderers who might otherwise struggle to heat their homes over the winter period."
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