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• Power Ni Increase A Further Blow To Consumers
  22 May 2013

  Consumers could save an average £161 this year by switching, if other electricity suppliers do not follow Power NI’s 17.8 per cent increase announced today, the Consumer Council has said.

• Report Finds A Fifth Of Respondents Miss A Health Appointment Due To Transport Issues
  
  
  10 May 2013

  A fifth of people surveyed had missed an appointment and almost a quarter have cancelled an appointment due to issues with transport, according to a report published today by the Consumer Council and Patient and Client Council.

• Financial Inclusion Seminar For East Belfast Consumers
  
  
  1 May 2013

  Over 80 representatives from East Belfast community and voluntary organisations, credit unions and the housing sector came together today (1 May) for the ‘Towards Financial Inclusion’ seminar, hosted by the Consumer Council and the Housing Rights Service.

• West Belfast Consumers Get Free-to-use Cash Machine
  
  
  30 April 2013

  Consumers in West Belfast can now access their cash free of charge as a result of joint work by the Consumer Council, LINK and PayPoint.

• Bus And Rail Fares Increase But Incomes Have Not
  24 April 2013

  Increasing public transport fares will be an added burden to people already struggling to make ends meet, the Consumer Council said today, following Translink’s announcement that bus fares will increase on average by three per cent and rail by five per cent.

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