What about this guys, occupational therapist advised us to have a rail fitted to bed to help partner pull himself up, well 2 days later it broke the bed, exactly where strap was fitted to the bed rail the main beam of the bed snapped letting my partner slump back down hard. Now the manager came out...

Accounts drained by payday lenders, says Citizens Advice

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th September 2013 10:24.

Some borrowers of payday loans are having their accounts drained of funds because of automatic withdrawals by lenders, a charity has said. Some......

Just seen this from the Citizens Advice Bureau on Twitter

Have you had a bad experience with a Payday lender?

Fill out a short survey so we can make our industry fairer. Only for loans taken out after 26th November 2012.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/d...

We have run up a 'small' debt (large to us) of just over £800 with SWALEC for our gas and electricity usage. I am disabled and am usually confined to the house 24 hours a day. As our living room is dark, we tend to have to have lights on all the time.

We already pay £30 a week to them...

Name firms that mistreat consumers says CAB

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 12th June 2013 16:14.

Regulators should name and shame businesses which fail to correct bad practices that affect consumers, a charity has said. Citizens Advice said the...
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Hi Gents. I'm in a right old mess and need some help. I'll keep the story simple.

Car went into the back of me whilst i was at some traffic lights.
Caused lots of damage to his but non to mine due to my heavy duty chrome bumpers. I didn't get his name or registration, but he got...

Marlin took over my old Egg loan last month. They appear to have bought it off Arrow, who had previously agreed a repayment plan of £16 pm.

I've been paying this old debt monthly since it defaulted in 2006.

I had an Egg Default filed on my CRFs for 6 years and that came...

Citizens Advice exposes payday lenders'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th May 2013 07:59.

*............failings as OFT closes in on unscrupulous lenders * New evidence from Citizens Advice finds 7 in 10 put under pressure to extend...

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I need a little help with how to get a copy of my sons "atos" report from dwp.
I will give the story so far as soon as I have the time....it's not too long but will need to look for dates and am in the process of getting records from hospital, Bolton and Leicester.
Basicily, my...

Citizens Advice warning on phoney job scams

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 1st May 2013 09:42.

Those struggling to find work or facing money problems are being targeted with phoney job scams, Citizens Advice has warned. Some 22,000 scams of all...
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Bombs at Boston Marathon kill 2, injure dozens


http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/...thon_kill.html

This is a bit of EU legislation which actually works, you may need to shout a bit, but it is EU law, just a lot of peeps don't know about it.

http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens...r/index_en.htm

It applies to any delay over 3 hours within Europ...

Each year, more than 45 million UK residents head off overseas either on holiday, business, visiting friends and relatives, or to study. With so many of us going abroad, often for long periods of time, there is always the possibility that you or one of your family members might need medical treatment...

Lord Neuberger's claims about legal aid cuts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 7th March 2013 11:00.

Responding to Lord Neuberger's claims about legal aid cuts, *Citizens Advice Chief Executive Gillian Guy* said:"Legal aid cuts mean over half a...
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Holidays, health cards, travel insurance and you??

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th March 2013 07:46.

Each year, more than 45 million UK residents head off overseas either on holiday, business, visiting friends and relatives, or to study. With so...
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