Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called for an urgent investigation into the sanctions system as new figures released by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) today reveal a quarter of a million people across the UK have been sanctioned under Universal Credit.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has recommended three key proposals to improve housing affordability for people on low incomes.

More than 13,000 households in Scotland have been affected by the benefit cap, according to new statistics.

Applications for crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund increased by 11% in 2018/19 as the cost of living crisis and Scotland’s “housing emergency” saw more people turn to the fund for help.

Two of Scotland’s biggest advice charities have agreed to work closer together to provide the best ever network of debt advice across the country.

Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed a new report which argues that the rapidly-changing energy market across the UK means there is a need for new measures to protect consumers.

Citizens Advice Scotland has backed a new report which calls for consumers to be protected from the costs of de-carbonising heating.

New legislation to remove the duty on local authorities to test if someone's homelessness application was ‘intentional’ will come into effect from November, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Last year the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group recommended changes to homelessne

The Scottish Government has brought forward a new benefit aimed to tackle child poverty by giving extra cash to low-income families.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) and Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) have joined forces to launch a £140,000 energy advisor programme to support vulnerable households and help reduce fuel poverty in the north of Scotland.

Clackmannanshire Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has been awarded £38,710 of funding from the SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust to deliver its Housing Advice and Mediation Service (HAMES) project over two years. HAMES aims to assist 100 tenants per year to gain a better understanding of thei

MSPs will vote on a series of amendments to the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill as the proposed legislation begins its third stage of proceedings today.

Regular building inspections, the establishment of compulsory owners’ associations and Building Reserve Funds must be written into legislation to protect the future of Scotland’s tenement buildings, according to a new report.

One tenth of Scots who are in work have had to miss paying gas or electricity bills at least once in the last year because they have run out of money, a new report has found.

The energy sector must take “urgent action” to better identify customers in vulnerable circumstances and improve the help and support given to them, according to a new report.