Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has released new figures which have revealed a 55% increase in the number of people seeking help in recent months - sparking fears of a surge in job insecurity
A Glasgow lorry driver has told how he is 'terrified' of being unemployed as a charity has warned that Scots are increasingly seeking help over job fears.
READ MORE: Fire ravages Jaconelli's in Maryhill as fundraiser launched to save 100-year-old Glasgow cafe "Business is business and all that. But I’m 58 and I don’t have any other skills. I’ve been a driver all my life, so if I lose this job I really think I might not get another one. I’ve been unemployed in the past and I hate it. I just hate it. Having to claim benefits, which is never enough to pay the bills anyway. But it’s also the sense of being useless. The thought of going back to that just terrifies me.
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