Citizens Advice Bureaux (Birmingham) (9 Feb 2011)

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Hazel Blears: ...we are looking at losing 450 jobs in the city. People will have debts and will need advice, so what do we have to do? We have to cut the CAB and the 60-odd independent financial advisers that we funded through the financial inclusion fund, which is about to be slashed. The amount of advice left available will be absolutely minimal. Our voluntary organisations will have to be cut perhaps by...

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Citizens Advice Bureaux (Birmingham) (9 Feb 2011)

Yvonne Fovargue: Does my hon. Friend agree that CABs and other advice agencies are facing a double whammy because of the cuts? The closure of the financial inclusion fund will leave 100,000 people who were served last year with nowhere to turn in the future, and more than 500 skilled and trained advice workers are currently serving their notice.

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Written Answers ? Treasury: Debts: Advisory Services (9 Feb 2011)

Karen Lumley: ...the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will take steps to ensure that residents of Redditch constituency continue to receive independent advice on debt management following the ending of the Financial Inclusion Fund; (2) if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of debt advice services in Redditch constituency.

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Written Answers ? Treasury: Financial Inclusion Fund (9 Feb 2011)

Karen Lumley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the implications for debt advice services in Redditch of the ending of the Financial Inclusion Fund.

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Oral Answers to Questions ? Treasury: Topical Questions (8 Feb 2011)

Rachel Reeves: In Leeds we will lose 11 citizens advice bureaux debt advisers next month because of the cancellation of the financial inclusion fund. Where would the Minister suggest that my constituents who are struggling with debt and excessive and escalating charges from doorstep lenders go for advice?

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Written Answers ? Treasury: Financial Inclusion Fund (31 Jan 2011)

Ian Austin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the end of the Financial Inclusion Fund; and if he will make a statement.

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Written Answers ? Business, Innovation and Skills: Financial Inclusion Fund (31 Jan 2

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of the end of the Financial Inclusion Fund on the number of centres in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands providing debt advice.

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