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Court closures campaign: our response to Comprehensive Spending Review
PRESS RELEASE 01 December 2015 Courts closures: local justice at risk. The government has re-stated its plans to close courts in Redhill and Reigate. Confirmation to press ahead came in last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Land released by the closures will be sold off for house building. Cases will be transferred to Staines or Guildford. […]
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Courts closures campaign: access to justice at risk.
Plans to close local courts and sell off the land for house building will have serious consequences, according to Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead. In its Autumn Statement the government confirmed it will close courts in Redhill and Reigate among others across the country. In future, cases will be heard in Guildford or Staines. Chris […]
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New Consumer Laws: Questions & Answers
Consumer laws change and it makes sense to keep up to date. Our latest New Consumer Laws Questions & Answers covers Consumer Rights Act 2015 Alternative Dispute Resolution Information and Cancellation rights Preventing hidden costs and more…. The 2015 Act makes consumer law clearer and simpler and so does our Q&A paper. Read it now New Consumer […]
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Citizens Advice can help councils manage lower budgets
The government published its 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review this week. Local government spending across the country will fall by 6.7%* in real terms between now and 2020. The annual amount the government makes available to local councils will be 56% lower by 2020 but councils have new freedoms to raise funds locally. This will mean less money for local […]
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Help us to help you. What to bring to a Citizens Advice appointment.
If you’re coming to Citizens Advice you can help our Advisers help you by bringing important information with you. Now we’ve written a checklist of the stuff you and your Adviser will need to start sorting things out. What to bring on your Citizens Advice visit Whether it’s a problem with benefits, debt, housing, employment, relationships, consumer issues or something else, our list will […]
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Comprehensive Spending Review: our hopes for vital advice services
Today’s public spending review has been heavily trailed. Unless we’ve been misled more cuts to local council budgets seem certain. Up to now and to their great credit local authorities have continued to support local Citizens Advice. They wisely see it as investing in the community. Freely available advice helps solve problems that in the longer run would lead to big extra costs*. This week Surrey County Council […]
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Talk About Abuse – 16 Days of Global Action
From Wednesday 25 November Citizens Advice will highlight its Talk About Abuse campaign to coincide with the United Nations 16 Days of Action to end violence against women and girls. Official UK figures for 2013-14 show an estimated 1.4 million female victims of domestic violence. Our campaign, which also draws attention to male victims, encourages people to look for signs of domestic […]
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Community Health Services in Surrey: NHS Survey
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is helping promote an NHS survey on community health services in Surrey. The idea is to use people’s opinions and experience to improve vital community services such as health visitors, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, school nurses, district nurses and many others. You can complete the survey online now at Improving Community Services in Surrey Community […]
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Bank of England Open Forum 11 November 2015
Citizens Advice played a full part in the first ever Bank of England Open Forum. CA Reigate & Banstead research and campaigns won a place in the public ballot and national chief executive Gillian Guy contributed to a panel debate. Among the main speakers were the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Mark Carney, […]
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