Annette Brooke MP Pledges Her Support for the Future Funding of the Citizens Advice Service  

On Wednesday 9 November, Annette Brooke MP pledged her support for the future of funding for the Citizens Advice service at an event held at Parliament to re-launch the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens Advice, hosted by the Group's new Chair, Stephen Lloyd MP. She was one of 50 MPs who signed the pledge. Citizens Advice Chair, John Gladwin, called on Parliamentarians to pledge the following: "I will do all I can to ensure that the Citizens Advice service has the funding it needs to continue providing vital and high quality advice and advocacy in my local community and across the country." Every year Citizens Advice Bureaux help over two million clients with over seven million problems, providing support to people who often have nowhere else to turn, from over 3500 community locations across the UK. Funding cuts pose a significant threat to the Citizens Advice service and bureaux...