Common problems. The health of people in 21st Century Britain is being affected by malnutrition, food poverty or poor housing. This week a survey of nurses* again underlined the depressingly common link between family economics and health. 40 per cent of nurses have patients whose circumstances are harming their health. 50% say the proportion of patients with preventable […]
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead today welcomed colleagues from CA offices in Surrey to a meeting about social policy research and campaigns. Just about everyone knows Citizens Advice provides the country’s best advice service. Not so many know we also work to change the policies and practices that cause problems for our clients. Our advisers’ wide knowledge of […]
Never more relevant. Stephen Crabb, secretary of state for work and pensions, starts work this week on the revision of government benefits policy. We hope the DWP team will draw his attention to the new edition of Citizens Advice ‘Advice Trends’. The report that collects and presents the problems brought to Citizens Advice has never been more relevant. Mr Crabb needs the best frontline information about the […]
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead has hosted colleagues from nine CA offices in Surrey at a meeting on policy research and campaigns. Not everyone knows Citizens Advice does this work as well as providing the best (and best-known) advice service in the country. The purpose is to use our advisers’ wide experience of people’s problems to help councils, businesses and other […]
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is calling on the government to scrap its plan to close courts at Redhill and Reigate and transfer their work to Guildford and Staines. Writing to the Ministry of Justice the charity says local justice in the form of court and tribunal services is as important to the community as […]
Any family breakdown is a difficult time for a family and one of the most contentious issues is often the financial arrangements to be agreed. Families need to be aware that the statutory system for ensuring child maintenance is paid is undergoing radical reform. The DWP is now responsible for administering this scheme and has […]
Stating the obvious. Most of the people who volunteer for Citizens Advice do so because they want to help people – by giving advice (the name is a bit of a giveaway). I joined Citizens Advice to work on Social Policy. This is the bit of Citizens Advice which is not as well known by […]