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Hertfordshire County Council

Council’s most senior staff to get 3.88% pay increase

The changes would be in line with inflation

DBC looking to increase parking costs for first time in four years

Victoria Collins the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted politicians call for rail fare freeze amidst price hike fears

Dr Jane Halpin, Chief Executive of Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

NHS chief warns of 'immense pressure' during junior doctors' strike

Arriva is continuing with the cheaper bus fare scheme

Arriva announces continuation of £2 bus fare cap until autumn

Snuggles accepts Community Fund cheque on behalf of Pets in Need Herts

Pet support charity announced as second winner of community project

Urge to minimise food waste (photo: Adobe)

Waste officials believe Dacorum families could save up to £720 per year

Prepayment meters tend to be more expensive than standard ones (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Councillors agree £12.3m plans to support struggling residents

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Council announces £12.3m plans to support families amid cost of living crisis

The number of empty homes has increased in Dacorum, photo from Anthony Devlin PA Images

Rise in empty homes in Dacorum

The Financial Empowerment Programme offers a range of services to support local people facing financial difficulties

Partnership announced to support those facing cost of living crisis in Dacorum
DENS, Liberty Tea Rooms and Christians Against Poverty have announced an exciting partnership to support local people facing financial difficulties

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

An artist's impression of the new Tring store

Overwhelming community support for new Lidl store in Tring

BP sign. photo from Nicholas.T.Ansell/ PA Images

BP profits could fuel every household in Dacorum for 123 years

Colin Cartwright and Owen Cooper

Hemel friends will cycle for 24 hours to combat isolation and poverty

In survey Audi A1 was car with the lowest running costs (photo: Adobe)

Data reveals UK’s favourite cars that cost you most and least to run

Start the year off by downloading a digital budget planner (photo: Adobe)

Helpful saving hacks to help with the cost of living

Here are the figures for the area

Average Dacorum household 'paying almost twice as much to fuel home'

Tom Kerridge and his Full Time Meals Christmas Lunch

Celeb chef Tom Kerridge launches cost of living crisis busting Christmas Lunch

Santa meeting the boys

Santa visits family as they opt for cheaper Christmas surprise

DENS workers helping a rough sleeper

DENS looks for donations to help save lives

Inside Open Door Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted charity becomes designated warm space

Have you noticed that your pay isn't going as far as it did?

Cost-of-living crisis: Dacorum wages fall behind in real term

Pictured: Person moving thermostat

‘Warm banks’ are open in Dacorum

These are the latest figures for Dacorum

How many Dacorum households threatened with homelessness by ‘no-fault' evictions

From left: Natasha Higgins, Donna Adhel, Robyn Shuck, Michelle Tierney, Madison Bradbury

Nursery workers get bonus to help with bills

Michelle Pulis's display

Companies save Christmas light display in Hemel

Here are the figures for Dacorum

This many older Dacorum people received help to heat homes last winter
Here are the figures for the area

The hotel is on Cow Lane in Tring, HP23 5QY

Charity cancels Tring ball due to ‘current financial climate’

Sima's daughter helping pack parcels last December

Business owner needs help to fill and deliver Christmas food parcels

Hertfordshire Community Foundation team

How people can help those in need by donating winter fuel allowance

Consumers are being urged to watch out for energy-draining ‘vampire’ appliances this Halloween

Watch out for energy-draining ‘vampire’ appliances this Halloween

The libraries can be used by residents this winter.

Dacorum libraries are 'warm spaces' for residents as temperatures drop

These are the figures of Dacorum

How many Dacorum households are currently in work

The Forum

Dacorum people face tax rise in bid to save council £3.6million

What effect is the cost of living crisis having on you?

This many Hemel households to be impacted if benefits only increase with wages

Pictured: Crates of food seen at a foodbank sorting hub.

Hemel residents worried about paying energy bills and buying groceries

This is how many children missed out of their free school meals in Hertfordshire last year.

Thousands of Hertfordshire schoolchildren miss out on free school meals

How will the payment help you?

Thousands to get £150 disability cost-of-living payment in Hemel

Have you noticed a difference?

Dacorum wages rise by less than 6% as inflation soars

Pictured: Woman looking at electricity bill.

Figures show how many Dacorum homes have poor energy efficiency ratings

The war in Ukraine has caused energy uncertainty across the globe.

Herts County Council estimates £23 million shortfall for service costs

How are you coping with the rising energy bills?

Dacorum households could spend nearly £4,000 annual on energy

Pets In Need Herts is asking the public for help.

People and pet food bank appeals for help from Hemel businesses

Thousands of local homes are needing insulation in lofts and walls.

Dacorum's energy crisis 'hotspots' revealed
New research suggest that the energy crisis will have the greatest impact in more than a dozen Dacorum neighbourhoods when the price cap rises in October.

The map (pictured) helps people find secondhand shops and recycling centres more easily.

This map shows where to recycle and buy secondhand in Dacorum

UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins

More than 11,000 families to get £650 cost-of-living payments in Hemel Hempstead

Families are feeling the pinch as the cost of living escalates (photo: Adobe)

Warning to UK re cost of living pressures - 'the worst is yet to come'

A person fills up at a Shell petrol station

Average Dacorum driver 'could spend over £250 more' on annual petrol costs