DORSET authorities have received an extra £111 million to help support vital services during the pandemic.
The total includes £49 million for Dorset Council and £62 million for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The south west has secured an extra £761 million overall.
More than half the funding is not ringfenced, meaning local leaders can decide how to use the additional funds and which services should benefit.
In total, the government has provided local authorities with more than £7 billion in additional support to help councils manage pressures on their finances created by the pandemic.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said: "From the start of the pandemic we committed to ensuring that councils had the resources they needed to step up and support their communities.
"That commitment remains undimmed which is why we have provided councils with more than £7 billion of additional funding for Covid-19 expenditure and will continue to ensure they have the resources they need to provide vital local services and held their communities build back better from the pandemic."
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