Citizens Advice

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.

Every Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital services for local communities.

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Consumer and debt

Citizens Advice regularly responds to consultations using examples of CAB clients' problems. We use this evidence to campaign for changes in policies and services.

Consumer and debt problems have been increasing dramatically in recent years and these are now the largest area of problems dealt with by Citizens Advice Bureaux - over 2 million new consumer and debt problems in 2007/08.

Related Citizens Advice service work


TitleDescriptionDate
Review of consumer credit licensing feesCitizens Advice response to the Office of Fair Trading10-03-2010
The Role and Powers of the Consumer AdvocateCitizens Advice response to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills09-03-2010
How recent financial crisis and recession has affected our clientsCitizens Advice response to the Future of Banking Commission08-03-2010
Mortgage RegulationCitizens Advice response to HM Treasury22-02-2010
Consumer Focus Draft Annual Plan 2010-11Citizens Advice response to Consumer Focus10-02-2010
Reforming Debtor Petition Bankruptcy and Early Discharge from BankruptcyCitizens Advice response to the Insolvency Service09-02-2010
Review of the Package Travel DirectiveCitizens Advice response to the European Commission09-02-2010
Mortgage Market ReviewCitizens Advice response to the Financial Services Authority01-02-2010
Review of the regulation of credit and store cardsCitizens Advice response to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills19-01-2010
Debt management schemes - delivering effective and balanced solutions for debtors and creditorsCitizens Advice response to the Ministry of Justice21-12-2009
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