Plans to tackle period poverty have been unanimously approved by South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Cllr Heather Williams, leader of the council's Conservative group, put forward the motion at a recent council meeting.

The motion called for the cabinet to expand its cost of living support scheme to provide free sanitary products to those who may not be able to afford them.

Cllr Williams said: "Often it is the small changes that can have the biggest impact in an individual’s life.

"Helping to address period poverty is a very small change in practice at the council that has the potential to support some of the most vulnerable in our society – and show them they have not been forgotten, they are cared for, and we will help them."

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The motion aims to recognise how the council's response to the cost of living crisis can be broadened to address unspoken daily challenges for ordinary people.

"My experience of local government is often that there is a lot of will to create positive change, just not necessarily the awareness of issues like period poverty," Cllr Williams added.

"The fact that this received unanimous support shows how much this issue goes beyond party politics."