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21 Jan 2019
East Renfrewshire has been revealed as the local authority area in Scotland where people are most likely to switch energy supplier, according to new research.
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18 Jan 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to regulations for the Funeral Expense Assistance regulations being laid before the Scottish Government.
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11 Jan 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to today's speech by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announcing a number changes to Universal Credit, and the High Court judgment relating to the way that Universal Credit is delivered.
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4 Jan 2019
People in Scotland who are worried about debt and finance going into the New Year shouldn’t suffer in silence, says Citizens Advice Scotland.
In a new video, CAS Chief Executive Derek Mitchell encourages people faced with the “daunting” challenge of dealing with the consequences of Christmas spending to get advice and support for their finances, and says that without enough money to go round some people in Scotland are inevitably struggling.
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20 Dec 2018
Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the Citizens Advice movement. To celebrate, we want to formally recognise the value of CAB volunteers. The Volunteer Awards 2019 will focus on the enormous contribution and commitment that thousands of volunteers across Scotland bring to the Citizens Advice network.
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18 Dec 2018
Scotland's Citizens Advice network will provide a new advice service to European citizens in Scotland affected by changes in the immigration rules as a result of Brexit.
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17 Dec 2018
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed a new regulation which makes company directors personally liable if their company breaks the law on nuisance calls.
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7 Dec 2018
Many working people in Scotland are routinely struggling to afford food, a new survey has found.
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23 Nov 2018
Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England and a member of the Bank’s monetary policy committee, today made a visit to West Lothian CAB, where he met with both clients and advisers to see some of the problems people are dealing with in today’s economy
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20 Nov 2018
Many households in Scotland are dealing with huge debts after signing up to a government-backed energy scheme only to be scammed by a rogue company.
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9 Nov 2018
This new guide outlines what is known about the rights of EEA/EU citizens in Scotland now, during the transition period and after Brexit.
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5 Nov 2018 For action by 23 Nov 2018
Citizens Advice Scotland is taking part in National Consumer Week this year with our partner, Trading Standards Scotland. Launching on Cyber Monday (26th November), the theme of this year’s campaign will be online marketplaces.
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5 Nov 2018
Will Aid is a scheme to have a will drawn up by a solicitor in exchange for a donation to charity. November is Will Aid month.
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2 Nov 2018
Citizens Advice advisers are to provide a new service aimed at giving Scots a ‘financial health check’ to see if they are eligible for additional support that they may not know about.
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29 Oct 2018
Citizens Advice Scotland has said the funding announced for Universal Credit in today's budget will not be sufficient to solve the problems in the system.
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18 Oct 2018
Citizens Advice Scotland has today published evidence showing that demand for advice on rent arrears increased by 47% between 2012 - 2017.
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16 Oct 2018
Glasgow Central CAB and the Mitchell Library have won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award for excellence and innovation.
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11 Oct 2018
11% of Scottish households are using electric heating, which is the most expensive form of domestic fuel – three times as costly as gas.
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5 Oct 2018
New research by Citizens Advice Scotland has revealed the challenges faced by those Scots who use oil to heat their homes.
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1 Oct 2018
On Monday the UK Government Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced that her department will fund the Citizens Advice network in Scotland (alongside Citizens Advice England and Wales) to deliver a comprehensive, enhanced support service helping people to make a Universal Credit claim.
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