EXCLUSIVE: The charity has warned Tory Chancellor not to repeat last year's mistakes.
Citizens Advice Scotland has called for benefits to be increased to match the cost of living ahead of the Autumn Statement next week.
In one recent case the charity helped a disabled man who cannot meet his living costs every month even after cutting back on food. “Working age benefits are already at their lowest ever level as a proportion of average earnings, at 13 per cent. People’s energy costs increase over the winter, and we already are seeing evidence of thousands of people unable to afford food.
Scottish politics Citizens Advice Bureaus helped people with food insecurity issues more than 8,500 times between July and September this year.
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