The organisation is concerned that new proposals, which are designed to protect people suffering debt management problems from having their home entered by bailiffs, will not be effectively enforced. A number of Citizens Advice bureaux in England and Wales have…

The minutes from the meeting of the rate-setting committee revealed that only one of nine members in attendance voted for a rise this month, but Global Insight’s Howard Archer maintains that a quarter-point increase could be seen soon. Currently at…

With the country’s debt management concerns continuing to mount up, the finance website Fool.co.uk has claimed nine out of ten UK consumers would like the government do more with the money they recive form the taxpayer. And based on an…

The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) suggests that many of the ocuntry’s poorest people would benefit significantly if the government were to offer 50p in every pound saved by those on benefits. A pilot scheme has been so successful…

And with council taxes causing debt management troubles for many people across the country, a full 65 per cent of British adults discuss the issue with family and friends, suggests Unbiased.co.uk. David Elms, chief executive of unbiased.co.uk, said: “It’s no…

Recent uSwitch research suggests many Brits facing debt management trouble are suffering further financial woes due to these “exorbitant rates of interest” being charged on credit card cash withdrawals. Often consumers deicide to take out cash on their credit card…

More than 700,000 people who withdraw cash on their credit card could be worsening their debt management and credit card debt problems as they are unaware of the resulting charges, uSwitch figures suggest. And this figure equates to around 11…

Many households could be plunged further into the debt management mire when their pre-payment metre is assessed in line with increased pricing criteria of which they were unaware, Citizens Advice has suggested. Energywatch is also concerned by the recent failure…