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28 Oct 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has said that access to cash is vital for vulnerable people across Scotland, after new data has found that the number of ATM cash withdrawals has plummeted in the last year.
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9 Oct 2020
Responding to today's announcement from the Chancellor on an expansion to the Job Support Scheme, CAS Social Justice Spokesperson Mhoraig Green said:
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7 Oct 2020
by Mhoraig Green, CAS Strategic Lead on Social Justice.
This article was first published in the Herald on 7 October 2020.
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24 Sep 2020 For action by 5 Oct 2020
Challenge Poverty Week will be running this year from 5 - 11 October 2020.
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16 Sep 2020
by Sarah-Jayne Dunn, CAS Financial Health policy manager.
This article was first published in the Herald on 16 September 2020.
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16 Sep 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is impacting all levels of society as new data shows how different people are receiving help from Citizens Advice Bureaux for the first time.
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24 Aug 2020
Two experts from the CAS network spoke today on a new BBC podcast, offering advice to people facing redundancy.
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12 Aug 2020
by Catherine Henry, Manager of the Money Talk Team.
This article was first published in the Herald on 12 August 2020.
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29 Jul 2020
by Myles Fitt, CAS Strategic Lead on Financial Health.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 29 July 2020.
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10 Jul 2020
Scotland is facing a ‘personal debt time bomb’ as the country deals with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned.
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16 Jun 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has responded to the Office of National Statistics figures that show unemployment increasing in Scotland by 30,000 to 127,000 between February and April.
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12 Jun 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has called for a higher statutory minimum wage rate and a crackdown on employers who refuse to pay their workers the legal minimum.
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7 Jun 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has urged policymakers to put people at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery.
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5 Jun 2020
A third of people in Scotland are concerned about their incomes during COVID-19, a new poll for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) reveals.
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2 Jun 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned that without additional support from lenders, people taking payment holidays from their mortgage face more expensive repayments in the long-term.
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26 May 2020
MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) and world-leading distance-learning institution, The Open University, have teamed up to launch an ambitious new project to help give the nation the skills and knowledge to master their finances with a new, completely free and independent academic course.
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20 May 2020
CAS has welcomed the passing today of amendments to the Coronavirus Scotland No. 2 Bill that will introduce exemptions for people receiving social security and on low incomes from paying fees should they fall into debt and require a bankruptcy.
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15 May 2020
The proportion of advice issued by the Citizens Advice network relating to employment has doubled between March and April and quadrupled since February new data reveals.
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13 May 2020
by Aoife Deery, CAS Energy policy team.
NB This column was first published in the Herald newspaper on 13 May 2020.
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12 May 2020
Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to extend the furlough scheme to October.
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