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Response from Citizens Advice ScotlandPublication date:September 2012CAS welcomes the opportunity to respond to the second Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Since its inception in the autumn of 2008, ESA has become the most common issue brought to bureaux by clients.
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Publication date:September 2012Case evidence from citizens advice bureaux across Scotland illustrates the difficulties people in Scotland are facing as changes to welfare take effect.
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Publication date:August 2012CAS' response to the Scottish Parliament in relation to the draft Scottish Budget 2013-14.
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Personal experiences of the welfare changes introduced in April 2012Publication date:May 2012This briefing details case studies of CAB clients that are experiencing problems due to welfare changes that came into force just six weeks ago on 6 April 2012, including changes to Working and Child Tax Credits and Contribution based Employment Support Allowance being time limited to 12 months.
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Publication date:May 2012This briefing for MSPs outlines the importance of ensuring that the Scottish Government’s Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill provides the citizens of Scotland with access to passported benefits when current benefits are effectively abolished and replaced in 2013 by the new Universal Credit.
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Publication date:May 2012A submission from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) in regards to the Scottish Government’s Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill using the ten questions posed by the Committee.
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Publication date:April 2012Briefing on the effects of Housing Benefit reform on the people, communities and economy of Scotland.
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the impact of the IB/ESA migration on Scotland's people, communites, and servicesPublication date:February 2012A report into the effect of the migration from Incapacity Benefit to Employment Support Allowance on Scotland's claimants
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Publication date:February 2012A briefing to Scottish MPs for the Westminster Hall Debate on the ESA Work Capability Assessment, 1st February 2011.
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Publication date:October 2011Submission from Citizens Advice Scotland to the Finance Committee scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13
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Publication date:October 2011Part of our series of briefing sheets based on the report Being Young Being Heard, this sheet focuses on the problems young people face with benefits.
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Publication date:October 2011Submission from Citizens Advice Scotland to the Infrastructure & Capital Investment Committee: Scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13
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Publication date:October 2011Submission from Citizens Advice Scotland to the Local Government and Regeneration Committee Scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13
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Publication date:October 2011Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants are to be devolved to Scotland. This response to the consultation advised Scottish Government how successor arrangements might operate in Scotland.
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Publication date:October 2011CAS's submission to the Scottish Parliament Health & Sport Committee, which will be scrutinising the UK Welfare Reform Bill Legislative Consent Motion, gives detail on the impact of aspects of the bill to Scotland’s people, services and economy. In addition it sets out our arguments for the establishment of a Scottish Parliament Welfare and Benefits Committee and our position on the LCM.
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Publication date:October 2011CAS has prepared a briefing on the impact of the welfare reform bill on Scotland’s people, services, and devolved areas and called for the Scottish Parliament to set up a Welfare Reform Bill Committee.
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Publication date:September 2011The CAS response to the second year of the Harrington Review, based on the input of over 130 managers, advisers and volunteers from 60 different bureaux across Scotland.
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Publication date:September 2011This briefing draws on the Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform (SCoWR) manifesto to set out five key principles for welfare reform agreed by our diverse membership. It calls on the House of Lords to ensure these principles underpin debate and decisions on the Welfare Reform Bill.
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Publication date:August 2011This briefing sheet looks at the sharp rise in sanctions and the unhelpful effects they have on the people affected, as well as recommendations for improving the system.
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Stressed About Debt? High costs of energy, food and fuel mean that many people are finding it impossible to keep up, worrying about debt or falling behind on bills. The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is here for you, with free, confidential and impartial advice in a variety of ways.