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28th February 2020 by manager in Campaigns
Fed up with junk mail?
Waste disposal company Veolia have calculated that the average home receives around 650 items of unwanted mail every year. If you’re fed up with your letterbox being full of “junk”, there’s no single organisation that you can register with, but here are some actions you can take:
Get a letterbox sticker
Put a ‘no junk mail’ sign on your door.
28th February 2020 by manager in Campaigns
Could you be entitled to Personal Independence Payment?
Whatever your income or savings, you may qualify for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) if you find it hard to do everyday tasks or to get around because of a disability, illness or mental health condition.
Who is entitled to PIP?
You need to be between 16 and pension age to receive PIP,
28th February 2020 by manager in Campaigns
Are you struggling to pay your energy bills?
If you’re struggling to afford your gas and electricity, don’t ignore those bills!
What can you do?
The first step is to contact your supplier to discuss ways to pay what you owe them. Your supplier has to help you come to a solution that works for both of you.
28th February 2020 by manager in Campaigns
Are you “living together”?
If you’re one of the 3 million mixed sex couples living together in the UK you now have an alternative to marriage – you can have a civil partnership instead.
What is a civil partnership?
A civil partnership is a legal relationship which can be registered by two people who aren’t related to each other.
29th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
‘A Rubber Stamp’ – Our report on the PIP appeals process
Introduction
Local Citizens Advice offices from across Surrey had identified a problem with the appeals process for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) from client evidence. PIP is a benefit to support people of working age that suffer from long-term ill-health or disability.
Dealing with PIP-related issues is an increasingly important part of the work of Citizens Advice,
16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
Staying in the UK after Brexit
Staying in the UK after Brexit
If you’re from the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you and your family will usually need to apply to stay in the UK after 30 June 2021. The EEA includes EU countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
You can do this by applying:
- to the EU Settlement Scheme for ‘settled status’
16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
What are hate incidents and hate crimes?
Hate incidents and crimes are acts of hostility or violence directed at people because of who they are or who someone thinks they are. For example, you may have been verbally abused by someone in the street because you’re disabled or someone thought you were gay.
If you’ve experienced a hate incident or crime you should report it to the police.
16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
Who can inherit when there is no will?
When a person dies without leaving a valid will, their property (the estate) must be shared out according to certain rules. Only married or civil partners and some other close relatives can inherit.
Married partners and civil partners
These partners inherit only if they are actually married or in a civil partnership at the time of death.
16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
Struggling to pay Council Tax?
Last year Citizens Advice helped 96000 people with Council Tax debts, making it our largest single debt issue. Missing an average council tax payment of £167 in the first month of the financial year can result in a debt of over £2065 in just 9 weeks.
What to do if you are struggling to pay
Don’t wait for them to contact you.
16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
Beware of scams
The government introduced a ban on cold calling about pensions in January, but every month fraudsters think of new ways to trick people out of their money. Almost three quarters of us have been targeted by scammers in the last year. Here are some of the most common scams criminals are trying:
Pension cold calling
If you receive a phone call out of the blue about your current or future pension,
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