Social housing tenants in Cornwall are waiting months for repairs they feel are damaging their health and causing stress and anxiety, according to a report by Citizens Advice published this week. The charity launched the investigation after a growing number of people contacted its advisers......
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Sixty-nine per cent of people in the South West have been targeted by a scammer since January, new research by Citizens Advice has found. Fraudsters tried to trick locals in a range of ways, but the biggest scam faced by local people is delivery scams.......
In the first two months of this year, the Citizens Advice Cornwall saw a 77% increase in people seeking one-to-one advice on issues relating to the private rented sector compared to the same period in 2020, outstripping the national rise of 40%. New research by......
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Citizens Advice is launching two new initiatives to tackle the problem of fuel poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly this winter. Official Government statistics show that 13% of households in Cornwall and 21% of households on the Isles of Scilly are affected by......
Legal action taken by Citizens Advice Cornwall has helped 70 former employees of the collapsed Cornwall Food Foundation in Truro and its associated Fifteen Restaurant at Watergate Bay, Newquay claim a total of more than £200,000 in payments following a failure in the redundancy process.......
Citizens Advice Cornwall is urging landlords to seek help if their own homes and finances are at risk because of tenants’ non-payments of rents during the coronavirus restrictions. The lockdown restrictions have meant many tenants have been unable to afford their full rents, while the......
Citizens Advice Cornwall is working with the Legal Advice Centre University House to help those people in Cornwall most at risk of losing their homes. Free representation is available for those facing possession proceedings in court, and staff working on the project will be on......
