Acting Chief Executive, Alistair Cromwell said: Citizens Advice knows just how important the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit has been for so many families. Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve given advice to more than 350,000 people nationally about the benefit — but now our advisers face the task of warning claimants

Press Release. Keep the Lifeline Citizens Advice Charnwood urges government against “devastating” Universal Credit cut Local charity says 49% of people seeking its advice on benefits have never needed its support before Number of people claiming Universal Credit has risen 131%since the pandemic began A local charity has warned of the “devastating impact” of a

For our previous 80 years as a service, the main way people have come to us for one-to-one advice has been in person. But, with 2020 and our 81st year came the pandemic. We went from working together and supporting people face-to-face to working remotely — almost overnight. Our national services, 272 local Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice latest research shows half a million private renters in the UK are behind on their rent, with protections against eviction due to expire this weekend we’ve called on the government to act and our report has featured across the national press. Government under pressure to keep eviction ban BBC Online, 06/01/2021, Brian Wheeler

17 September 2020 The ban on evictions comes to an end this weekend, and new figures from Citizens Advice suggest that concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home. The number of people seeking help from Citizens Advice about issues to do with private rented properties increased by 43% between summer