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30 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called for consumers to be protected following the collapse of Brighthouse.
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26 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the announcement of measures to help self-employed workers through the COVID19 crisis.
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25 Mar 2020
by Derek Mitchell, CAS Chief Executive.
NB This article was published in the Herald newspaper on 25 March 2020.
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24 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government's intention to ban private renter sector evictions for six months.
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24 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has welcomed the suspension of benefit reviews and reassesments during the coronavirus crisis, branding the move ‘commonsense’.
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20 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has urged employers to treat their staff fairly, as reports emerge of workers being dismissed because of the coronavirus.
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19 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, outlining a series of emergency measures the Treasury could take to protect household incomes during the Coronavirus crisis.
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18 Mar 2020
by Susan Hunter, Co-ordinator of the CAS Kinship Care project
NB This article appeared in the Herald newspaper on 18 March 2020.
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18 Mar 2020
A coalition of anti-poverty charities is today calling for a significant boost to the Scottish Welfare Fund.
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13 Mar 2020
We've published a new advice page on coronavirus (COVID-19) and what it means for you.
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11 Mar 2020
by Mhoraig Green, CAS Strategic Lead for Social Justice.
This article was published in the Herald newspaper on 11 March 2020.
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11 Mar 2020
Responding to announcements in the budget to protect access to cash, CAS Financial Health spokesperson Myles Fitt said:
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11 Mar 2020
Responding to the UK budget announcing changes to Universal Credit and statutory sick pay, CAS Social Justice spokesperson Mhoraig Green said:
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10 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to the new report by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Security Committee which finds that up to £20billion of means-tested benefits had been left unclaimed across the UK in 2016-17.
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5 Mar 2020
Responding to the news that Flybe has gone into administration, Citizens Advice Scotland Chief Executive Derek Mitchell said,
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4 Mar 2020
by Myles Fitt, CAS lead spokesperson on Financial Health.
This article was published in the Herald newspaper on 4 March 2020.
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4 Mar 2020
If you’re currently getting Healthy Start vouchers and you live in Scotland, these will stop on 31 March 2020.
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3 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has welcomed the publication today of the Heat Networks Bill by the Scottish Government as a step in reducing carbon emissions and creating oversight of the previously-unregulated network of communal heating systems.
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3 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is today calling for a government review into the falling numbers of households claiming Council Tax Reduction, as new figures show the number of claims has fallen again.
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2 Mar 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) have launched their biggest campaign of the year so far, encouraging people to check if they are eligible to save on council tax.
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Brexit: We've produced advice on what Brexit means for people living in Scotland. We'll keep updating our advice as more Brexit changes are announced.
