Overview
- Local media report that households are due a £750 cost-of-living payment before the Autumn Budget and by the end of November.
- Lightning Reach promotes a portal it says lists more than 2,500 support schemes and estimates a typical user receives about £750.
- The organisation reports facilitating £20 million in aid so far, including £7.5 million in direct energy support.
- Lightning Reach says eligible funds can reach bank accounts within days and that its portal enables applications to multiple providers from a single profile.
- Founder Ren Yi Hooi highlights a record £4.4 billion in household energy debt and says billions in support go unclaimed due to a complex, fragmented system.