A help hub to assist families struggling to manage rising bills has been launched.

The Cost of Living Help Hub is an online facility set up by Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke.

It offers advice on what type of support is available.

This includes guidance with welfare benefits like universal credit as well as where to go to get help with gas and electricity bills.

The hub also offers information on help with council tax, housing costs, how to access help with food, energy, broadband and Government support schemes.

The hub also has details on voluntary organisations working across the area.

Mrs Elphicke said: “The rising cost of living is a real worry for hard working families and struggling households here in Dover and Deal and across the country as a whole.

The rising cost of living is a real worry for hard working families and struggling households...

"My new online cost of living help hub seeks to support residents to quickly find help with rising bills and costs of living following the pandemic.

“Everyone knows how the pandemic has damaged global supply chains - causing shortages and meaning that prices have been rising across the board.

"This has badly affected food, fuel and many other household costs.

"As things get back to normal prices should stabilise - but in the meantime I will continue to press the Government to do all it can to protect households from rising costs - especially for the least well off.

“It's too often the case that people don't know that there is extra help available or where to go for it."

To access help visit: natalieelphicke.com/cost-of-living-help-hub/