Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has voiced concerns that around 9,000 fewer households in Scotland claimed Council Tax Reduction (CTR) in the past year.

An inquiry has been launched by Holyrood’s social security committee as estimates suggest a huge number of benefits remain unclaimed by those eligible for them. The inquiry aims to explore the extent of the issue and what can be done to tackle it.

Low income families will be able to apply for a new £10 a week payment for every child aged 0-6 next year after the Scottish Government brought forward its Scottish Child Payment. As part of measures to lift 30,000 children out of poverty, the benefit, which was due to launch in 2021, will now

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called for action to reduce the ‘five week wait’ that claimants of Universal Credit (UC) face before receiving their first payment.

Increasing numbers of working people in Scotland are struggling on their present incomes, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Free financial advice service Money Talk Team has helped low-income households save more than £6 million, the Scottish Government has revealed.

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.