CITIZEN’S Advice in the Stroud and Cotswolds districts are seeking to reassure people that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has no immediate impact on consumer rights, employment law or rules around immigration.

Responding to a spike in public concern, Citizens Advice has published a new webpage, providing people with information on how Brexit might affect them.

In the first week of being available to the public, the information was viewed more than 65,000 times.

Chief officer of the charity in this area Sally Pickering said: “In the first 10 days since the EU referendum, immigration, citizenship and what laws will change were at the forefront of people’s minds and we had many inquiries about these issues.

“It is reasonable to expect the government to legislate in light of leaving the EU however it will be some time before that happens.”

Analysis of people seeking online help from Citizens Advice in the first 24 hours following the Brexit vote showed immigration was the top search term, with citizenship third. Brexit was the seventh most popular search.

Ms Pickering added: “People have lots of questions about what leaving the EU means for their day to day lives. For some people it is as significant as what country they can call home. For others it is about their rights at work or personal finances.

“We are here to help anyone who has a query about their rights and encourage people to come to us if they think they have been treated unfairly or discriminated against.”

For free independent advice contact the Citizen’s Advice helpline on 0808 800 0510 (in the Stroud district) or 0808 800 0511 (in the Cotswold district) or go to citizensadvice-stroudandcotswold.org.uk for more information.