Responding to today’s Budget, AdviceUK welcomed the Chancellor’s measures to reduce household energy costs and the Energy Debt Circuit Breaker strategy, including targeted debt relief, support with repayments and reforms to supplier practices. AdviceUK has long called for stronger relationships between energy suppliers and free, independent advice services. The Government must now set out how […]

Imagine receiving a letter saying your benefits are being stopped, a legal letter warning of court action over a debt or discovering that your landlord may be breaking the law. You need to understand the implications of the letter, what your rights are, what you can do and how quickly you need to act. Where […]

Everyday free and independent advice services stop from people being evicted from their homes, from spiralling into unmanageable debt, and help them get the benefits and other support they need to live their lives to the full.

The findings of AdviceUK’s first ever national poll on public attitudes to advice (published today) shows that the public understands the value of advice services more clearly than policymakers sometimes do.

Responding to the Chancellor of Exchequer’s first speech today on the economy, Dr Zubaida Haque, Head of Policy, Programmes and Media at AdviceUK said: “It’s welcome news that the economy is turning a corner. But for many people across the country, that recovery has yet to be felt in their day-to-day lives. “Our members at […]