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'A Rubber Stamp' - Our report on the PIP appeals process
29 Oct 2019
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Staying in the UK after Brexit
16 Oct 2019
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What are hate incidents and hate crimes?
16 Oct 2019
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17th October 2019 by manager in Home Content 1
Universal Credit – ‘Help to Claim’
The Department for Work and Pensions is funding Citizens Advice to provide independent advice and digital support with making a Universal Credit application – the ‘Help to Claim’ scheme.
This includes:
- Setting up a Universal Credit account and supporting you with your initial claim submission,
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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’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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16th October 2019 by manager in Campaigns
What can you do if you have been sanctioned?
If you’re receiving employment-related benefit payments such as Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Universal Credit you could suffer a “benefits sanction”. This can happen if you miss Job Centre meetings, fail to achieve agreed objectives or are suspected of attempting benefit fraud. You could then lose ALL your benefit payments for between 4 weeks and 3 years.
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16th October 2019 by manager in Local News
We smashed it!!!
Congratulations and huge thanks to everyone who participated in making last Saturday’s quiz such a massive success. We really hope you enjoyed the evening and thought you would like to know that we raised £3,100, completely smashing our target and exceeding last year’s takings by a whopping £700.
Your generosity really makes a difference and helps ensure we can continue to provide advice and support for another year,
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12th August 2019 by manager in Local News
We’re 80 years old and still going strong!
Camberley Citizens Advice was one of the 200 Citizens Advice Bureaux that opened 80 years ago in 1939 as a response to the start of the Second World Ward. It operated two afternoons a week and was staffed by volunteers who gave advice about wartime arrangements such as rationing or conscription and also helped people contact relatives in Europe via the Red Cross.
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