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CAB enquiries still increasing; disability benefits and urgent debts show biggest surge
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:09:00 GMT
Citizens Advice Bureaux across England and Wales dealt with 6% more benefits problems during the three months April-June 2010, then they did in the same period last year.
Uniform costs keep adding up as schools ignore guidance on affordability
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:01:00 GMT
Schools are adding to recession-stressed parents? financial woes by ignoring government guidance* on keeping down the cost of school uniform, national charity Citizens Advice said today
Spending Review: Make life simpler and fairer not harder for most vulnerable, urges Citizens Advice
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:01:00 GMT
In its submission to the Government?s Spending Review, national problem solving charity Citizens Advice is urging the government to focus on tackling unnecessary and costly bureaucracy and poor standards
Citizens Advice response to ban on cowboy clampers
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:08:00 GMT
We are extremely pleased that the government has decided to deal with the scourge of clamping and towing on private land
Citizens Advice response to CML repossession figures
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:47:00 GMT
While it is good news that numbers are down, is still worrying that 9,400 households have been repossessed

Citizens Advice News Archive

1: Make a resolution, save for next Christmas
29-12-2009 12:20:00 - The OFT and Citizens Advice are urging people who have struggled financially this Christmas to start thinking now about saving for next year ...
2: Citizens Advice response to consultation on Bills of Sale
22-12-2009 12:19:00 - "Bills of sale date back to Victorian times and have no place in a 21st century consumer credit market based on principles of fair trading ..."
3: Report warns of more people being needlessly repossessed unless help for homeowners is strengthened
15-12-2009 12:19:00 - Measures to help struggling homeowners weather the recession need to be strengthened to prevent more people being needlessly repossessed ...
4: Armed Forces personnel better off by nearly £20 million – thanks to Forces Charities’ Free Benefits and Money Advice Service
10-12-2009 12:18:00 - Two years after its launch in December 2007, the Benefits and Money Advice Service, funded by The Royal British Legion (TRBL) and the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF), is proving enormously successful in helping serving and former members of the Armed Forces a
5: Citizens Advice response to Pre-Budget Report
9-12-2009 12:07:00 - "We are delighted that the Chancellor has agreed an extension to the extra £10 million funding he announced in the 2008 Pre Budget Report to enable local bureaux to open their doors for longer ..."
6: Citizens Advice response to Pre-Budget Report
9-12-2009 12:07:00 - "We are delighted that the Chancellor has agreed an extension to the extra £10 million funding he announced in the 2008 Pre Budget Report to enable local bureaux to open their doors for longer ..."
7: Citizens Advice launches online debt management campaign for young people
12-06-2009 12:25:00 - Young people who have struggled with debt problems and sought advice to overcome them have created two entertaining documentary style short films in a bid to help others in the same situation ...
8: Ian McCartney wins Citizens Advice Parliamentarian of the Year award
11-06-2009 12:01:00 - Labour MP Ian McCartney has been named Citizens Advice Parliamentarian of the year 2009 at a reception in the House of Commons on 10 June ...

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