All articles featuring 'Citizens Advice'

Citizens Advice to replace axed Consumer Focus

11 April 2012

Citizens Advice is to be given an enlarged role under Government plans to shake up the consumer protection system

Big six energy firms must tell customers their best tariff

11 April 2012

The big six energy companies have agreed to write to customers to tell them the firm's best tariffs for them

MPs demand clampdown on debt products

7 March 2012

Tougher action is needed to control debt management companies and payday lenders, a new report says

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Citizens Advice to gain after MoneySavingExpert wins trade mark battle

13 February 2012

The charity will benefit after a claims company which cold-called people, using a similar name to us, paid damages

'Bankruptcy light' hits young people

29 December 2011

More people aged 25 to 34 are turning to a type of insolvency known as a debt relief order than any other age group

MP renews call for cap on payday loan costs

7 December 2011

3.5 million Britons expect to need a payday loan to make ends meet in the next six months, new figures have revealed

Government faces petition to cap payday loan costs

27 October 2011

An e-petition urging the Government to act on payday loans by Christmas has been launched

MP wants debt firms to state free alternatives

20 October 2011

Labour's Yvonne Fovargue introduced a bill requiring firms to explain where people can access free debt help

Citizens Advice calls for tighter payday loan regulation

10 October 2011

Payday loan debt has quadrupled over the last two years, so the charity is now calling for tighter controls

Punish rogue debt firms, says Citizens Advice

16 September 2011

The charity is calling for tougher sanctions on debt management firms that exploit vulnerable consumers with huge fees

Citizens Advice funding cuts leave 10,000s without help

8 September 2011

Following funding cuts, the Citizens Advice Bureau has recorded a huge drop in the number it has helped this year

Consumer Focus likely to be abolished

21 June 2011

The Government has announced plans to simplify the "confusing and overlapping provision of consumer protection"

OFT publishes new debt management guidance

14 June 2011

The OFT has revised its debt management guidelines in a bid to crackdown on "unacceptable" practices by some firms

Government launches back to work programme

10 June 2011

The Government has launched a scheme to help 2.5m people back to work in the next five years

Guest Comment: The importance of impartial debt advice

29 April 2011

Access to free, independent debt advice for anyone who needs it has never been more important in these tough times

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