With the risk of debt this brings, 11 per cent of children said that they would rather that their parents invested the money in savings, according to Liverpool Victoria. Nigel Snell, Liverpool Victoria’s corporate communications director urged proper debt management…

According to Co-operative Insurance (CIS), 57 per cent of Britons aged between 25 and 34 do not have either the savings or the insurance in place to cover their essential spending if they were to lose their principal source of…

According to the Daily Mail’s analysis of Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report, the average council tax rise will be 5.8 per cent, meaning that people should start their debt management plan now. “That would equate to a rise of more than…

According to its research, 59 per cent of shoppers leave gifts in cars, often in sight of potential thieves in their car, while 68 per cent leave receipts in the bags with the goods. This makes it hard for them…

Trevor Williams, UK chief economist at Lloyds TSB, said that while the MPC believed a rise in the rate and thus an increase in the amount of repayments on loans and mortgages linked to it would improve debt management, this…

Gordon Brown stated that as of next year, “an extension of Warm Front and going community by community will make it possible for 300,000 pensioner and other households most vulnerable to fuel poverty to have free insulation and central heating”.…

In the Egg poll, Christmas shoppers need to have a debt management plan otherwise they risk a “financial headache” in the new year as prices increase. However, the good news is that recreational and leisure activities have not risen as…

According to insurer Cornhill Direct, a fifth of people carry debt to March, while a tenth are still in debt by the next Christmas. “The huge cost of presents, food, drinks and parties means that an 18-year-old who lives to…