{"id":946,"date":"2023-04-19T21:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/?p=946"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:35:19","slug":"increased-flexibility-of-alternative-fuel-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/increased-flexibility-of-alternative-fuel-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"INCREASED FLEXIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL PAYMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">17.04.2023<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-04-19-213546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-04-19-213546.jpg 658w, https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-04-19-213546-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Government has announced it is&nbsp;expanding the scheme offering households using alternative fuels \u00a3200 in energy bills support\u00a8C14C<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement means more households using heating oil,&nbsp;LPG, biomass and other alternative fuels will receive \u00a3200 in energy bills support, thanks to the government\u2019s expansion.\u00a8C15C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps has increased the period of time that applicants can evidence purchase of alternative fuels, by 3 months to June 2022, instead of September 2022.\u00a8C16C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows households who purchased fuel in bulk ahead of the winter are able to receive the \u00a3200 energy bill support they are entitled to.\u00a8C17C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those eligible for \u00a3200 Alternative Fuel Payment can now apply using receipts from June 2022 \u2013 a 3-month extension \u2013 until May 2023. This is to recognise that many will have bought fuel ahead of winter price rises &#8211; and it is right that these households aren\u2019t penalised.\u00a8C18C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOV.UK &#8211;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/increased-flexibility-of-alternative-fuel-payments-so-more-households-will-be-supported-with-their-energy-bills?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&amp;utm_source=3195dd61-44ff-408c-95a5-cd197fbff260&amp;utm_content=daily\" target=\"_blank\">Increased flexibility of alternative fuel payments, so more households will be supported with their energy bills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17.04.2023 The Government has announced it is&nbsp;expanding the scheme offering households using alternative fuels \u00a3200 in energy bills support\u00a8C14C The announcement means more households using heating oil,&nbsp;LPG, biomass and other alternative fuels will receive \u00a3200 in energy bills support, thanks&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/increased-flexibility-of-alternative-fuel-payments\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">INCREASED FLEXIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL PAYMENTS<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cropthorneparishcouncil.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}