Help with Personal Independence Payments was the most urgent cost-of-living problem for people in South Gloucestershire in the last quarter. And there was a 70 per cent rise in people coming forward with energy problems compared to the year before.
Citizens Advice said the crisis is “far from over”. The charity is publishing data on the most pressing cost-of-living (COL) problems in local authority areas across England and Wales.
In South Gloucestershire – covered by Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire – 618 people came forward in the last three months. This compares to 542 clients with COL problems the year before – an increase of 14 per cent.
