Almost one half of families are struggling with bills from survey
By Jon McNamara

Using data from market research company ComRes, approximately 50% of individuals in the UK are falling behind, and many are concerned about paying the bills every month or are faced excessive credit card and other…

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Universal Credit begins roll out in Liverpool in September
By Jon McNamara

Many people across Liverpool are concerned with the upcoming roll out of the Universal Credit system, in particular single mothers or families with children, who may in fact receive less financial aid. Not only are…

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HCA states evictions in England increased 20% due to arrears
By Kenneth Long

New figures from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) reveal that arrears resulting in evictions increased 20% in England over the past year. The marked increased confirmed what many frontline money advisers already knew–that tenants…

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Banks intimidating customers to repay debts
By Jon McNamara

Major banks have been caught, and now have admitted to, sending fake letters to customers trying to collect on unpaid debts. The lenders have been issuing these notices for years to tens of thousands of…

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Fraud caught and evictions happening on social housing applications
By Jon McNamara

The court is evicting tenants that have been caught with submitting fraudulent applications for social housing. The council and housing authorities in greater Manchester have started to use electronic data to find liars, and these…

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Debts from payday loans have increased 42 per cent
By Jon McNamara

An increasing number of charities and local MPs, such as Lucy Powell from Manchester as well as David Wright from Telford, have been warning on the usage of payday loans by families to pay their…

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One in four Leicester City Council tenants late on rent
By Kenneth Long

Officials at Leicester City Council revealed that rental delinquencies are increasing. Council released a statement that 27 per cent of the tenants occupying council housing were in arrears. The figure is a marked increase over…

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Financial Ombudsman defends borrowers against loan middlemen
By Kenneth Long

Websites promoting cheap credit loans have lured in thousands of potential borrowers who thought they were applying for loans. It turns out that they were simply providing information and paying a fee to a broker…

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Peterborough car dealer gets 10 years for £1m fraud
By Kenneth Long

Peterborough Crown Court sentenced the owner of a Stanground car dealer to 10 years in prison. Paul Moyse of Holbeach was convicted of perpetrating a massive fraud that officials estimate cost area consumers over £1m….

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Room for rent in Hendon–You must be less than .7 meters tall
By Kenneth Long

Would you pay £420 per month to rent a room where you had to crawl up the stairs to get inside? Apparently one couple in Hendon was doing exactly that. The problem is that landlord Yaakov…

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