Some 59 per cent of Britons are going to buy Christmas presents using their credit card.
New research from uSwitch.com highlights how nearly two-th…
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Action needs to be taken to halt the pattern of people falling into fuel poverty.
The annual report from the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory…
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Some 37 per cent of consumers have dipped into their savings in the past three months to cover their living costs.
Research by Halifax shows that o…
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UK living standards have fallen to the sixth best in Europe in 2012.
Figures from Eurostat show that people in the country are facing a tougher tim…
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Some 36 per cent of UK households have said they will spend less on Christmas this year.
Figures from Legal and General's MoneyMood Survey show…
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Financial illiteracy is costing Britons some £3.4 billion a year.
This is according to research carried out by the Centre for Economics and B…
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Students who start a three-year university course in England in 2013 may owe as much as £43,500 by the end of it.
Credit Action's Student…
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Insolvency laws in England and Wales are being altered to make it easier for undischarged bankrupts to get a bank account.
The move follows public …
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