A GESTURE by Ferris Cowper, leader of East Hampshire District Council, to give £4,000 of his leader's allowance to the Bordon and Liphook Charity, will help needy people, a charity spokesman has said.

Christine Kinge from the charity's Liphook Care Shop, said the money "will be most welcome as we have a very high demand for our help and a waiting list".

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