All articles featuring 'Citizens Advice'
Citizens Advice to replace axed Consumer Focus
11 April 2012Citizens 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 2012The 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 2012Tougher 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 2012The 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 2011More 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 20113.5 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 2011An 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 2011Labour'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 2011Payday 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 2011The 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 2011Following 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 2011The Government has announced plans to simplify the "confusing and overlapping provision of consumer protection"
OFT publishes new debt management guidance
14 June 2011The 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 2011The 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 2011Access to free, independent debt advice for anyone who needs it has never been more important in these tough times
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