Citizens Advice Scotland

A total of 70% of people in Scotland are worried about unaffordable energy bills in 2022, new polling for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed. Research commission by the charity from YouGov found 70% of people in Scotland were worried about bills becoming less affordable by November 2022. Mo

Almost half a million people in Scotland have cut back on food spending to afford energy bills, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau is naming its building ‘Palmer House’ in honour of anti-racism campaigner Sir Geoff Palmer. Sir Geoff has been a trustee of Penicuik CAB since 2004. He was awarded a knighthood in 2014 for his services to human rights, science and charity. Mr Palmer is als

More than one in three people in Scotland find energy bills unaffordable, according to new polling.

The Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.

The Scottish Government is being urged to give pensioners in poverty and low income an extra £50 to help with the cost of heating their homes this winter.

Bulb, the UK’s seventh largest energy provider, has announced that it will be entering special administration.

An online tool designed to help people in Scotland to boost incomes, cut costs and save money is one year old today. Moneymap.scot, launched on November 23 last year by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), is the only tool of its kind in Scotland enabling people to self-help by identifying ways to help e

Scotland’s four biggest debt advice charities are urging people across the country to seek free advice on money and debt. The call comes during Talk Money Week (8-12 November).

New data released by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed an increasing demand across its network for advice regarding crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund in September.

The number of people missing energy bill payments because they have run out of money before pay day has soared by 44% over the last year and could yet rise further, according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Almost 370,000 people who ran out of money before payday last year could not afford internet access as a result, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. Polling by YouGov for the charity found that 32% of people ran out of money before payday in the last year. Of those people, 26

The energy price cap increase imposed today will "hammer" household budgets, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned. From today, the energy price cap will increase for millions of customers across Britain.

Almost 400,000 people in Scotland missed an energy payment in the past year after running out of money before payday, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Polling by YouGov for the charity found that 32% of people ran out of money before payday in the last year. Of those pe

Almost 300,000 people in Scotland have missed a housing payment after running out of money in the past year, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland has revealed. Polling for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) by YouGov found that one in three – around 1.4 million – people in Scotlan