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Your starter guide to talking about money
Your starter guide to talking about money
How you can make #ElephantSavings ✨and prepare for the future
Eleanor Sutherland
Jan 17
How student volunteering transformed my career
How student volunteering transformed my career
Hear from Dona about how studying law and volunteering at Citizens Advice led her to find a rewarding career as an Employment Specialist…
Susana Carvalho
Feb 12
A Foamidable Challenge — Spray Foam Insulation: Breaking Down the Risks
A Foamidable Challenge — Spray Foam Insulation: Breaking Down the R...
Benedict Guindi
Jan 31
Zero guarantee? Net Zero homes need better financial protections
Zero guarantee? Net Zero homes need better financial protections
The UK’s net zero commitments mean everyone will need to make changes to their homes. Households will have to move away from heating their…
Nicola Bailey
Feb 9
Our Data
Cost-of-living pressures aren’t easing
Cost-of-living pressures aren’t easing
Sarah’s story
Victoria Anns
Feb 15
Samuel
Samuel
Crisis on top of crisis
India Walden
Jan 18
Graham
Graham
The numbers behind the stories
Emily Lynn
Dec 14, 2023
The November Cost of Living payments gave some relief — but can’t fix a deeper problem
The November Cost of Living payments gave some relief — but can’t f...
Half of the people we help with debt advice are in a ‘negative budget’, where their income can’t cover their essential costs.
Jonny Tatam-Hall
Dec 13, 2023
Can big data solve big challenges in the energy system?
Can big data solve big challenges in the energy system?
The energy system faces some major challenges, from climate change to the cost-of-living crisis. To tackle these issues we’ll need to use…
Tilly Cook
Nov 30, 2023
What else are we talking about?
Universal Credit exists in a different timezone to the people who depend on it
Universal Credit exists in a different timezone to the people who d...
DWP insists a year is 52 weeks long. Craig Berry and Victoria Anns explain why this is wrong, and the impact it has.
Craig Berry
May 19
AI and Energy: What does the future hold?
AI and Energy: What does the future hold?
AI poses many questions for our work at Citizens Advice: how will AI affect the way services are delivered? Will AI break down or reinforce…
Danny Magill
May 17
Renters in the red
Renters in the red
The link between negative budgets and homelessness
Eva Souchet
May 16
The (In)Flexible Support Fund is failing people trying to move into work
The (In)Flexible Support Fund is failing people trying to move into...
Starting or returning to work can come with hidden costs like childcare, new work clothes and travel to interviews or training. If you…
Yvonne Craig
May 9
Paying for the government’s mistakes
Paying for the government’s mistakes
Carers aren’t the only victims of the DWP’s benefit overpayment policies
Julia Ruddick-Trentmann
May 8
Where have the young renters gone?
Where have the young renters gone?
The flaws of the Shared Accommodation Rate mean fewer young people are accessing the housing cost support they need.
Craig Berry
May 7
Brake. Check. Buy.
Brake. Check. Buy.
Do the proper checks and don’t rush when buying a used car. We can help you #ShopAware.
Jessica Rigby
May 2
We need to talk about benefit suspensions
We need to talk about benefit suspensions
The computer flags your case as suspicious. You try to explain, but you don’t even know what you’re accused of. Months pass, the…
Victoria Anns
May 1
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