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CITIZENS Advice has found quarter of young people making Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) repayments haven’t been able to pay for food, rent or bills as a result. […]
NEW research by Citizens Advice shows the charity is now helping one person every minute with problems relating to renting from a private landlord. […]
MORE than one in six people are struggling to afford their broadband during the third lockdown, Citizens Advice has found. […]
APRIL will be an extremely hard month for many families as energy prices are set to rise just as Universal Credit income is likely to fall. […]
ACCORDING to recent research from Citizens Advice, 14 per cent of the population, equivalent to seven million people, have fallen into debt because of coronavirus and lockdown restrictions. […]
ANYONE struggling to pay their bills or worried about money is urged to get help straight away. Dorset Citizens Advice has a team of advisers ready to talk through the options available for managing debt and unpaid bills. […]
CITIZENS Advice has seen double the number of visits to its ‘Help with School Costs’ national website page on www.citizensadvice.org.uk during the run-up to the first week of term. […]
UNDER lockdown, parcel deliveries have become a lifeline, especially for disabled people or those shielding. […]
CITIZENS Advice throughout Dorset has put special measures in place so that local people can continue to get help during the coronavirus crisis and as lockdown eases. […]
ONE in three people (36 per cent) in the South West region have been the target of a scam since lockdown came into effect across the country, finds Citizens Advice Dorset. […]
BRIDPORT and District Citizens Advice continues to provide a service by telephone, email and web chat to replace the face to face appointments during the coronavirus emergency. […]
WITH an increasing number of people shopping online, Citizens Advice has raised concerns about the problems many people face with getting it delivered to their home. […]
THE demand locally for Citizens Advice continues to grow, with the number of people seeking advice from Bridport and District Citizens Advice, which includes Lyme Regis, having increased by 20 per cent in the last year. […]
CITIZENS Advice has raised concerns about the problems regularly caused to customers by their energy suppliers. […]
CITIZENS Advice has been celebrating its 80th birthday. It was formed in early September 1939, one day after the start of the Second World War, and ever since then it has been involved in providing free, confidential and independent advice. […]
IN addition to the help and support it provides each year to more than 2,000 people living locally, Citizens Advice campaigns hard to protect all consumers and has just had another notable success. […]
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