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Publication date:March 2010Briefing on debt management companies based on evidence from CAB clients.
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Publication date:March 2010Draft proposal for a Bill to align local authority powers to pursue tax debts with those for other debts.
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Publication date:March 2010Joint response from CAS and Citizens Advice (England and Wales) to the BIS consultation on 'The Role and Powers of the Consumer Advocate'.
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Publication date:February 2010Stage 3 Debate Briefing for Politicians on the Home Owner & Debtor Protection (Scotland) Bill.
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Publication date:January 2010A Better Deal for Consumers: Review of the Regulation of Credit and Store Cards.
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Publication date:January 2010Stage Two Debate Briefing for Politicians on the Home Owner & Debtor Protection (Scotland) Bill.
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Publication date:December 2009Consultation response considering how to improve access to the Debt Arrangement Scheme.
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Publication date:December 2009Consultation response on the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill 2010.
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Publication date:December 2009Submission to the Finance Committee in regards to the Patient Rights (Scotland) Bill 2010.
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Publication date:December 2009Stage 1 Debate Briefing for Politicians on the Home Owner & Debtor Protection (Scotland) Bill.
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Publication date:December 2009Submission to the Health and Sport committee.
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Publication date:November 2009Briefing for the members debate on CAS's report Drowning in Debt.
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Publication date:November 2009Drowning in Debt briefing sheet which focuses on older people and debt.
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Publication date:November 2009Consultation response considering how to improve access to the Debt Arrangement Scheme.
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Publication date:November 2009Memo from CAS on Scottish Affairs Committee: enquiry into the Banking Sector.
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Publication date:October 2009Briefing which provides a summary of issues encounterd by clients applying for and/or claiming ESA.
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Publication date:August 2009In 2008/09, Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland dealt with a total of 976,989 issues - a 10% increase from the year before. These issues
were made up of 500,910 ‘new’ and 476,079 ‘repeat’ issues, where clients required more than one visit to have their issues resolved.This briefing sheet provides a summary of client issues taken from Scottish bureaux statistics between April 2008 and March 2009.
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Briefing paper 6Publication date:July 2009Each year Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux collect statistics on the enquiries brought by clients to our offices across the country. This information helps us to spot patterns and trends in advice seeking and to gauge the scale of specific problems. This briefing presents an overview of the problems seen by Scottish citizens advice bureaux from April 2007 to March 2008.
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.