More than one-third of households do not have an adequate financial safety net to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.
HSBC has looked at …
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Some 75 per cent of UK grandparents are looking after their grandchildren for free.
Research by RIAS has discovered the extent of the help be…
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Seven in ten consumers with payday loans are being put under undue pressure to roll them over.
This is according to Citizens Advice and the statist…
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The rising cost of telephone bills is causing consumers in the UK to slip further into debt.
Research by the Money Advice Trust has discovered that…
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Only a quarter of households involve all generations of the family in financial planning, newly-released research has found.
Standard Life ha…
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Some 10,000 home repossessions were carried out in Greater Manchester last year as many people's personal debt problems spiralled out of control.
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Struggling consumers could benefit from more affordable water bills.
This is according to the environment secretary Owen Paterson, who is cal…
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Grown-up children are still relying on their parents to give them help financially.
The latest Lloyds Bank Family Savings Report, carried out in co…
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