Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

[Latch Key Kid]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

mmmmm, well we figured most of that out already, and I don't know why that letter had to be so secret.

Would like more info on the face to face delivery of the MAS (hehe sorry 'The Service').

Hi Amethyst

Maybe the future is not what it used to be or not quite anyway.

It all looks a bit 'basic pie in the sky stuff' to me really and perhaps a little naive.

Interesting times ahead thats for sure.

[leclerc]

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Citizens advice supercomplaint to the OFT | Which? Conversation

Article from which entitled "Is the CAB worth saving?"

[Latch Key Kid]

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Citizens advice supercomplaint to the OFT | Which? Conversation

Article from which entitled "Is the CAB worth saving?"

Hi leclerc

I like this guy M. Saville, he is not afraid to tell it as it is.

In my opinion he often hits the mark.

The supercomplaint, well we shall have to wait and see.

I notice DMC's get mentioned again, what a surprise.

[EXC]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

''Consumer Direct
Contact volumes have recently been considerably below forecast, whereas forecasts have
previously been accurate. Calls to Trading Standards have also recently reduced. There is no
obvious reason for this, and these drops may be related to the state of the economy.''

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/boa...nuary-2011.pdf

[Amethyst]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

Nottingham will hear today where the 1/3 cuts to voluntary services will fall.


Do consumer direct mean people aren't buying things so there's nothing to complain about.

[EXC]

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Which? has written to David Cameron about their concern that CAB and Trading Standards won't be able to handle the work of the OFT.

Shoppers will pay the price of scrapping the Office of Fair Trading | Mail Online

[enaid]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

So basically big businesses can sell us more crap at inflated prices and there is very little or nothing we can do about it?

[EXC]

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In a word, yes.

[Amethyst]

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Which? has written to David Cameron about their concern that CAB and Trading Standards won't be able to handle the work of the OFT.

Shoppers will pay the price of scrapping the Office of Fair Trading | Mail Online

Nothing to do with Which?'s bid to take over CD then.

[EXC]

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Speech by Ed Davey (BIS) to CAB.

Citizens Advice Consumer Empowerment Debate | News | BIS

[Latch Key Kid]

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Hi

I have put this up on another thread but thought it was also worth a mention here.

http://www.mya4e.com/partners/a4e-an...dvice-service/

Debt Advice ?

[charitynjw]

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Hi LKK,

Thanks for the link to A4e - in these uncertain times, with 'me-ism' being predominant, & 'help' organisations (CAB,etc) being cut back, it's good to know that there are people out there who care & want to help.

[CleverClogs]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

''Consumer Direct
Contact volumes have recently been considerably below forecast, whereas forecasts have
previously been accurate. Calls to Trading Standards have also recently reduced. There is no
obvious reason for this, and these drops may be related to the state of the economy.''

There is another possible explanation which may be more likely:

After the OFT messed up so badly with the banks' penalty charges, people have rather lost faith in the Office of Faffing and Twaddling.

[Latch Key Kid]

Re: Citizens Advice staff facing redundancies

Hi LKK,

Thanks for the link to A4e - in these uncertain times, with 'me-ism' being predominant, & 'help' organisations (CAB,etc) being cut back, it's good to know that there are people out there who care & want to help.

Hi charity

You are welcome.

Another A4E link that might be of interest

http://watchinga4e.blogspot.com/

The article below may be worth a read as far as this thread is concerned

http://watchinga4e.blogspot.com/2011...and-money.html

A little bird tells me that 'talked about' debt advice in England & N Ireland via the Money Advice Service may just have reached a little bit of an 'impasse' so to speak.