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28 Nov 2016
Gable Insurance AG has gone into liquidation meaning all policies will be invalid from 16th December 2016. It is estimated there are 12,000 motor insurance policies that will be cancelled and consumers must take action to avoid breaking the law.
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23 Nov 2016
Citizens Advice Scotland has given its initial
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23 Nov 2016
Citizens Advice Scotland announces that the meeting scheduled for 23rd November 2016 for members to vote on governance changes will be rescheduled. The purpose of the changes is to bring CAS's governance arrangements into line with recognised best practice for a membership organisation and a charity in receipt of public funds.
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18 Nov 2016
From 5 December 2016 it will be against the law in Scotland to smoke in a car if there is a child present. A ‘child’ is defined as anyone under the age of 18.
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16 Nov 2016
Research by Stirling CAB found that national assistance funerals, carried out by local authorities when no family can be traced for the deceased or the family are unable to make funeral arrangements, have increased by 24% in Scotland in the past four years. The report, Unmarked - National Assistance Funerals and the Consequences of Funeral Poverty, has been published today.
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10 Nov 2016
Concerned at headlines in the media about the impact of cuts to legal aid budgets and the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees in 2013 – volunteers at Stirling CAB decided to investigate how citizens in Stirling had been affected by comparing local evidence with national trends.
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8 Nov 2016
Nina Smith, Chief Executive of North Ayrshire Citizens Advice Service shares her journey towards creating digital change.
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28 Oct 2016
Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the use of the new social security powers being devolved to Scotland.
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27 Oct 2016
Scotland’s Citizens Advice service gave 1 million pieces of advice last year, helping over 310,000 individuals – equivalent to over 1 in every 14 adults.
The service also put a total of £120m into the pockets of Scottish citizens, though improving their financial health by helping them to access benefits entitlements and manage debt effectively. This helped some to avoid crisis situations like poverty, debt and homelessness.
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24 Oct 2016
The Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force has today published its final report, making recommendations to Government and other bodies for actions to address fuel poverty in rural Scotland.
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17 Oct 2016
The Scottish Government Home Energy Efficiency Programmes (HEEPS) include loans to owner occupiers and private sector landlords in Scotland who want to improve the energy efficiency rating of their property. A HEEPS loan is interest free. There is currently a special offer for eligible applicants to receive a grant of 25% of their quoted costs.
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14 Oct 2016
Coatbridge Citizens Advice Bureau is to welcome a Royal visitor next month.
HRH The Princess Royal is to visit on November 8 in her role as Patron of Citizens Advice Scotland and will meet staff and volunteers.
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4 Oct 2016
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the UK government’s decision to end re-assessments for long-term sick claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
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30 Sep 2016
On 1 November 2016 changes are being made to inheritance law to make it fairer and clearer. This is because of the Succession (Scotland) Act 2016. Succession law is also known as inheritance law.
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28 Sep 2016
Please let us know if you have any ideas about new or improved content that you would like to see on our public advice website or on AdviserNet, the website for advisers.
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15 Sep 2016
Families across Scotland are still being hit with rising funeral costs, according to a new report published by Citizens Advice Scotland.
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14 Sep 2016
Ofgem has today announced proposals to cap charges imposed by energy suppliers for the installation of pre-payment meters, and end them altogether for the most vulnerable customers.
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7 Sep 2016
Scheme to have a will drawn up by a solicitor in exchange for a donation to charity.
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1 Sep 2016
The Citizens Advice service across the UK has today published its latest ‘league table’ of complaints received about the different energy companies.
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31 Aug 2016
Author: Patrick Hogan, CAS Policy Officer
I wonder if we can, for a moment, cast our minds back to the year 1973.
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