Kate Morrison

@ElenaWhitham Congratulations!

@AlexBH_Energy @CitizensAdvice A big loss to energy consumers, wishing you well on your exotic bar crawl

After 7 years @CitizensAdvice I’m off on career break from today while I move to Hong Kong for a bit. It’s very hard to say goodbye to such amazing colleagues who come to work every day to make things better for the people we help

Established by the Consumer (Scotland) Act 2020, Consumer Scotland legally vested on 1 April 2022. Find more information on the Act here: legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/11/en…

Scotland has a new body to promote the interests of consumers – Consumer Scotland. Chair David Wilson explains why the time is right to have a statutory organisation with the interests of consumers at its heart. Find out more at consumer.scot

@xLauraCx Oh no so sorry that's happened to you Laura, wishing you well in recovery

I'm halfway to my fundraising target for Alzheimer Scotland. Massive thanks to everyone who has helped – you can follow my progress here: justgiving.com/fundraising/Ka… #JustGiving

@AlexBH_Energy @CitizensAdvice @ofgem V depressing but good interview Alex 👌

As we @CitizensAdvice also found, Dispatches also find that @ofgem failed to make use of the powers it had, including never requiring audits of firms it was concerned about

Shocked all over again watching @C4Dispatches despite having worked on these issues for years. So many energy companies had unrealistic expectations and were poorly prepared, and now we’re all paying the cost

Our Fair Markets spokesperson @k8_morrison spoke to @LBCNews yesterday about the #CostOfLivingCrisis and the impact soaring energy bills will have on people.

Strong comments coming through at #EASconf22 around energy advice and how it needs to be funded longer term to give greater job security, and be recognised in Scotland as a professional skill and service, with proper licencing and a CPD framework. #fuelpoverty #affordablewarmth

Session 2 #FuelPoverty conference 9 March 2-4pm. Free to attend. Sponsored by @ssencommunity featuring issues in our energy market and system. @k8_morrison @MikeDanson1 @Dhara__Vyas @EnergyUKcomms @IaganBarra @SmartEnergyGB @JMarshall_3 @resfoundation eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-fue…

Front line community services like South Seeds are key to ensuring people access all the support available to them whilst energy prices are so high. Advice and support which is tailored to individuals needs gets the best outcomes

New polling for @CitAdviceScot released today shows that more than eight in ten adults in Scotland are concerned about the impact of energy bills on their household budgets.  The CAB network is here to help people through the cost of living crisis 👉 cas.org.uk

📺 Alastair Wilcox from our Fair Markets team spoke to @BBCScotlandNews last night about how the energy crisis is impacting people on prepayment meters. Check our online advice here 👇 citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/energ…

📈📊 Striking graph from @CitAdviceScot’s latest data report - an 87% increase in views of online advice around help for people to pay energy bills. Demand was five times higher than pre-pandemic figures.

📺 The CAB network saw soaring demand for energy advice following the autumn price cap hike last year. With a further big rise in bills coming our Fair Markets spokesperson Michael O’Brien spoke to @STVNews

Analysis from @CitAdviceScot estimates almost half a million people are already cutting back on food to deal with unaffordable bills - and that’s before the impact of the record increase in the price cap announced today. CABs will be there to help people this crisis.

@MartinSLewis @cuddy271 Is rebate the right term when has to be repaid?

@cuddy271 yes it applies to everyon

Sheesh. What a morning. Now got to workout how on earth and what on earth I ask the chancellor when i interview him just before 3pm!

@MhoraigG Our eldest caught it at school

Health board letter received today says kids don't catch covid in school, they catch it in the community. This seems totally counter-intuitive when I know so many children under the age of ten who have covid, and who have been the first in their household to test positive.

@ElenaWhitham @SP_SJSS An excellent appointment 👏 congrats

Tomorrow’s @Daily_Record splashes on research from @CitAdviceScot about the scale of the cost of living crisis for consumers. 1 in 3 find energy bills unaffordable. That’s before a big hike in the price cap in April alongside soaring inflation and flat or falling incomes.