Chris Penberthy

Benefit campaign tackles Elephant in the Room

Plymouth City Council is launching an awareness campaign to remind people to inform them of any changes in circumstances for housing benefits.

The ‘It’s great to be up to date’ campaign - which has been grant funded by the Department of Work and Pensions - aims to encourage more people to come forward and tell the Council about important life changes.

Look out for our ‘elephant...

Council welcomes tougher payday loan measures

Plymouth City Council has welcomed the announcement from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it will introduce tougher regulations for payday loan companies when it takes over from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) next April.

This follows the Council's action to ban payday loan advertising on hoardings in the city centre and to block website access across its computer network...

Ten city neighbourhoods offered cash to cut crime

Grants of up to £5,900 are up for grabs by communities to tackle crime in their neighbourhoods.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall has given £59,000 to Plymouth’s Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse. The CSP has decided to divide the funding and offer it to the ten neighbourhoods that have the highest...