Citizens Advice Scotland

Over 782,000 adults in Scotland expect to see their credit card use increase during the cost of living crisis, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed.

Hundreds of thousands of adults in Scotland expect to enter debt or their existing debt to get worse during the cost of living crisis, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has today said it endorses the call made by Citizens Advice (England and Wales) and other partners for a new social tariff to be applied to energy consumers, which would see some consumers receive up to £1,500 more per year in financial help. The proposal is esse

The cost of living crisis is driving increased demand for advice, according to Citizens Advice Scotland’s (CAS) latest data report.

A new report from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned about the spending choices prepayment meter consumers need to make as a result of paying upfront for energy. The report highlights the case of one client with health conditions whose power had been off for three days and had no money to buy

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is warning that some people may be “left behind” in the policy response to the cost of living crisis.

Demand for energy advice across Citizens Advice network overtook advice for Universal Credit and other benefits in December 2022. This marks the first time Universal Credit wasn’t the top advice area since Citizens Advice Scotland started monitoring monthly advice trends during the pandemic.

Shelter Scotland has blamed the Scottish Government’s choice to "deprioritise the fight against homelessness" for new figures which revealed that homelessness in the country is at an all-time high.

An estimated 1.7 million adults in Scotland are turning down the heat as their bills rise, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland has found.

Over one million adults in Scotland are estimated to have cut back on groceries because of rising energy bills, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found.

The move to uprate benefits by inflation will see some people on Universal Credit less than £3.50 a month better off due to the growing impact of deductions, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned.

Council tax debt in Scotland has increased by almost two-thirds since the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is a “hidden cost of living crisis” for Scotland’s disabled people, according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Tens of thousands of children are missing out because of the cost of living crisis, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) estimates, as rising energy costs see people in Scotland cut back on hobbies, leisure activities, new clothes, and accessories for their children.

Over 2 million adults in Scotland are estimated to have cut back on household spending because of energy costs, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. Analysis by the charity of polling by YouGov found that 48% of adults in Scotland, equivalent of 2.2 million people, have cut ba