Cost of Living
Sharma welcomes proposal to assist less well-off families with soaring energy bills and help protect local Post Offices
Alok launched a campaign to help those most badly hit by the rising cost of living, especially pensioners and hard pressed families. As part of the campaign Alok sent a Cost of Living Survey to thousands of homes across the constituency and also collected the signatures of local residents urging the Government to act immediately to help the most vulnerable groups in society.
Alok also gave his support to Conservative proposals to help the less well off families with their energy bills by reforming the Post Office Card Accounts so that families without bank accounts can benefit from lower energy and water tariffs offered to customers paying by Direct Debit.
Alok said: “At this difficult time it is more important than ever to do everything we can to support people, particularly our pensioners and hard pressed families.”
