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In a year with unprecedented challenges, the Scottish Citizens Advice network has had to transform and adapt like never before. This report provides a summary of the network's activity over the past year.

by Debbie Horne, Senior policy officer.

This article first appeared in the Herald on 20 April 2021.

by Sarah-Jayne Dunn, CAS Financial Health policy manager.

This article first appeared in the Herald on 7 April 2021.

The Scottish Citizens Advice network is the largest independent advice service in the country, providing free, impartial and confidential advice.  In 2019-20 the Citizens Advice Service network helped over 186,000 clients in Scotland and dealt with almost 659,000 advice issues within the UK.  With support from the network, clients gained over £170 million while our self-help website Advice in Scotland received approximately 4.1 million page views.

by Gail Walker, CAS Policy manager.

This article first appeared in the Herald on 24 March 2021.

by Derek Mitchell, CAS Chief Executive.

This article was first published in the Herald on 17 March 2020.

Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed an announcement by the Scottish Government that a new strategy for Scotland's rented sector will form part of new 20 year route map for housing to be published next week.

by Sarah McDermott, Senior policy officer (Strong Communities team)

This article first appeared in the Herald on 3 March 2021.