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Minister for Housing and Welfare launches Stirling survival guide for people who have no food and no money 23 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
Stirling CAB will today (Friday 23 August) publish a 'Survival Guide', aimed at helping the growing numbers of people in the area who have no food and no money at an event attended by Scottish Governm...
3 in 4 payday loans could have cause for complaint to Ombudsman 5 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
The Citizens Advice service across the UK urges payday loan customers to fight back against unscrupulous lenders. Three in four payday borrowers who got advice from the Citizens Advice consumer servi...
Benefits cap will hit 10,000 Scottish children 15 Jul 2013 | 03:48 pm
Citizens Advice Scotland have said the benefit cap will affect 4,600 households in Scotland, including up to 10,000 children. From today (15 July 2013) the UK Government is capping on the total amoun...
ScottishPower profits "hard to justify" 11 Jul 2013 | 09:05 pm
Citizens Advice Scotland have said that ScottishPower need to use its profits to help people who are struggling to pay their fuel bills. As the company reports a doubling in its profits, CAS Chief Ex...
Royal Mail service must be maintained 11 Jul 2013 | 02:38 pm
Margaret Lynch CEO of Citizens Advice Scotland comments on the announcement to sell of the Royal Mail. Commenting on today’s announcements on the sell-off of the Royal Mail, Margaret Lynch, CEO of Ci...
MPs told that disabled Scots face a ‘quadruple whammy’ in welfare cuts 10 Jul 2013 | 02:23 pm
Disabled people in Scotland are bearing the brunt of the UK government’s welfare reforms, according to Citizens Advice Scotland. As MPs prepare to debate the issue at Westminster today, CAS has publi...
Glasgow Central CAB works with local student to investigate perceived fitness for work 5 Jul 2013 | 03:24 pm
Glasgow Central CAB's social policy team has recently finished working on a project with local student, Aisling Clark, to produce a report looking at the experiences of clients who have been perceived...
New Survey Shows Many Families ‘Struggling To Feed Their Children’ 2 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
New figures published today show that one in 5 families in the UK can’t afford to feed their children. The research has been published jointly by Fareshare, the Trussell Trust and Tescos (see their pr...
Payday Loans: Over 1200 Scots Forced To Seek CAB Help in The Last Three Months 2 Jul 2013 | 04:38 pm
Scottish CAB advisers dealt with over 1,200 cases related to Payday Loans in the last three months, according to new figures revealed today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The news comes as UK Mi....
Payday loans - CAS backs OFT decision 27 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
Citizens Advice Scotland have backed the OFT’s decision to refer the payday loans industry to the Competition Commission, over concerns about how the industry works. CAS Policy Manager Keith Drybu...
