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17 Jun 2019
CAS has responded to today's report by the Royal Society of Edinburgh about the future of the energy sector in Scotland.
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13 Jun 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has voiced concerns that more than 7,000 fewer households in Scotland received a Council Tax reduction in the past year.
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13 Jun 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed Ofgem’s new consumer vulnerability strategy.
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12 Jun 2019
Responding to the Financial Conduct Authority plans to regulate ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ agreements, CAS Financial Health spokesperson Derek Young says:
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11 Jun 2019
Responding to the passing of the Fuel Poverty Bill in the Scottish Parliament today, Dr Jamie Stewart, Citizens Advice Scotland’s Energy spokesperson said:
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11 Jun 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the news that the Scottish government is to provide new help for people who use private water supplies.
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10 Jun 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has commented on the decision to change eligibility for free TV licences for over 75s.
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10 Jun 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland is today launching a Scams Awareness campaign with new figures showing the scale of scams in Scotland.
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7 Jun 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority has today announced new rules to limit the costs of bank overdrafts.
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4 Jun 2019
To mark the beginning of Volunteer Week (1-7 June 2019) Citizens Advice Scotland is saying thank you to its volunteers, who are worth £10million to the Scottish Citizens Advice network.
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3 Jun 2019
Responding to the UK government’s announcement of a new consumer champion for mobile and broadband customers, Citizens Advice Scotland’s Chief Executive Derek Mitchell said,
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3 Jun 2019
One tenth of Scots who are in work have had to miss paying gas or electricity bills at least once in the last year because they have run out of money, according to new statistics calculated and published by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).
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3 Jun 2019
The School Age Payment is now open for applications. It is a new benefit being paid by Social Security Scotland.
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28 May 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) today (Tuesday) launches ‘For Your Benefit’, a campaign to help people, especially low income families, take control of their finances, and challenge public perceptions and stigma around personal finances.
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28 May 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the new voluntary code which protects consumers from fraud, but has said that more needs to be done.
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26 May 2019
Over three quarters (77 per cent) of people in Scotland believe workers who have to claim benefits work hard but their wages are not enough to cover living costs, according to myth-busting new polling from YouGov for Citizens Advice Scotland.
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24 May 2019
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) today (Friday) outlines 5 key recommendations for Scotland’s newly devolved disability assistance payments.
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22 May 2019
Responding to the final report from Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights following his visit to the UK, Citizens Advice Scotland Director of Impact, Polly Tolley said:
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21 May 2019
Commenting on the Poverty and Inequality Commissions analysis of the Scottish budget, Citizens Advice Scotland Policy Manager Nina Ballantyne said:
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17 May 2019
As many as 1 in 3 people seeking help with Universal Credit don’t have access to the internet to make their claim, according to new figures from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).
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