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Comment: Don't let payday loans get out of hand

3:57pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

Payday loans are a fast but often dangerous way to borrow money and can have damaging long-term consequences.

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Know your rights on rentcharges

4:33pm Monday 4th February 2013

This is the time of year when many freehold households across South Lakeland receive annual ‘Rentcharge’ demands.

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Dealing with cold callers and text pests

4:30pm Monday 4th February 2013

Claims management companies should be banned from cold calling as new figures show three in five people surveyed were pestered by phone calls, emails and spam texts from these firms at some point each week.

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New rules on wheel clamping

4:29pm Monday 4th February 2013

From 1 October wheel clamping was banned on private land.

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Blog: Home sweet home

3:00am Thursday 1st November 2012

Housing is always a contentious issue in Central Lakes, with so many holiday homes and second homes some villages can seem like ghost towns in the wet winter months.

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Blog: Make energy savings and keep warm

1:09pm Tuesday 16th October 2012

According to Government figures, 1 in 5 homes across South Lakes are defined as being in ‘fuel poverty’ spending at least 10% of household income keeping the home warm.

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Blog: Payday loans – know your rights

1:06pm Tuesday 16th October 2012

Payday loans are for relatively small sums of money for short periods of time but they attract extremely high rates of interest.

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Blog: Planning your future? Know your rights!

9:41am Wednesday 1st August 2012

August is an anxious time for many young people awaiting exam results and planning their future.

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Blog: Need free help after an operation or illness?

9:39am Wednesday 1st August 2012

Reablement is a service provided by Cumbria County Council through the Adult Social Care department.

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Citizen's Advice blog: Beware Rogue Traders – know your rights!

2:30pm Friday 4th May 2012

Across the country Citizens Advice and Trading Standards teams have seen an increase in reported problems with goods and services.

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Citizen's Advice blog: Plug the debt

2:38pm Wednesday 4th April 2012

As we head into spring and hopefully warmer weather, it’s a good time to sort out any debts.

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Citizen's Advice blog: Fares fair?

2:36pm Wednesday 4th April 2012

According to official Government statistics there are almost 1000 people on Jobseekers Allowance in the South Lakes electoral area.

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Citizen's Advice Blog: February 2011

4:20pm Saturday 4th February 2012

The Government is working on plans to reform Employment law, and some of these could come into effect as soon as April 2012 if the Parliamentary timetable goes to plan.

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Citizen's Advice Blog: January 2011

4:22pm Wednesday 4th January 2012

Most of the advisers are trained volunteers helping people with their problems – would you like to join us?

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Help us change things for the better

5:07pm Friday 2nd December 2011

Citizens Advice blog: As well as helping people on a one-to-one basis with problems once they have happened, your local CAB also tries to tackle the root cause of the problem

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Save money on 0870 phone calls

3:38pm Tuesday 1st November 2011

Do you object to paying premium telephone rates?

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Get a better energy deal

3:37pm Tuesday 1st November 2011

It can be extremely complicated to change energy supplier and with confusing bills it can be hard to work out the savings for all the effort.

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Desperate times, desperate consumers

3:35pm Tuesday 1st November 2011

Con merchants and rogue traders have never had it so good.

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Check your benefit entitlement

3:33pm Tuesday 1st November 2011

Did you know that the CAB offer a free benefit check service so that you can check you are not missing out money and assistance you may be entitled to?

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Give us a break!

3:40pm Friday 24th June 2011

Has your boss stopped you taking holiday? Have you not been paid for holidays? Have you left a job with holiday not yet taken and not been paid for it?

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