With winter approaching, and as the cost of living and energy price hikes continue, households across the Moorlands will be thinking about how to manage their budgets over the coming months.

Advice and support is available to help people with rising costs, managing debt, energy efficiency and schemes to help keep homes warm.

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council has published a cost of living hub to bring together information about these schemes to make it easy for residents to find what they're looking for.

Councillor Ross Ward, Cabinet member for Communities, said: "Increasing food and other living costs means balancing budgets will be concerning for many of us as we enter the colder months of the year.

"Support is on offer to help households, and we want to ensure people are aware of what they can access, so we've created this hub on our website to assist by bringing together information about several schemes in a single place.

"The hub includes links to local support, including help with rent and council tax, alongside national initiatives, such as the cost of living payment and other help for households, and tips on how to look after your mental health.

"If you're worried about managing your finances, please take a look at all this information and make sure you're getting all the help that you're entitled to."

You can find the hub on the district council's website here.