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Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is a British independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom. [11] [12]
A Special Adviser, [1] also known as a SpAd, [2] [3] is a temporary civil servant who advises and assists UK government ministers [4] or ministers in the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments. [5] They differ from impartial civil servants in that they are political appointees.
In the United Kingdom, the Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government, which is led by a cabinet of ministers chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Citizens Advice Edinburgh (CAE), is a registered charity (number SC038195), based in Edinburgh, Scotland.Founded in 1939, Citizens Advice Edinburgh is a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, and provides free, confidential, independent and impartial advice to Edinburgh residents.
The Witness Service (also known as Citizens Advice Witness Service [1]) is a service in England and Wales for witnesses who have to give evidence in criminal courts. [1] The Witness Service offers practical and emotional support and is a free service. [ 2 ]
CAS launched a national helpline in 2005, called Citizens Advice Direct, staff were based in Glasgow city centre. [ 1 ] In 2012 a study showed that most of CAS's activity was the provision of advice across five areas: benefits, debt, employment, housing and relationship. [ 2 ]
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Citizens advice organisations based upon the United Kingdom advice charity can be found in Spain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Australia and the Channel Islands. Organisations based on the British Citizens Advice charity exist in a number of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom. Although none of these organisations is controlled by the British ...