As Gordon Brown assumes the leadership of the government, Mr Opik has urged the new prime minister to help make Wales a more affordable place to live. “Every two and a half hours, people in Wales have to pay £1million…
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Despite worsening debt management problems for millions across the country, the typical amount spent by Britons on their partner is £62 per month, a recent poll of 2,000 adults discovered. The study also found that men tend to be more…
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Stephen Rose from the Debt Advice Bureau insists that spending as little as 20 minutes assessing the offers available could help consumers avoid thousands of pounds worth of credit card debt. Advice can be useful, Mr Rose maintains, but generally…
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Figures from Experian show that the average motor insurance premium in the direct market sector has risen by 7.9 per cent in the 12 months prior to May this year and this could be adding to the financial pressures of…
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Figures from Alliance & Leicester show that 34 per cent of people opting to take on a personal loan do so in an effort to find a debt solution, often after having been hit by high interest rates on credit…
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A survey carried out by YouGov for Capital One found that 99 per cent of British adults are aware of the issue of ID theft, but the majority of people do not know how to prevent it from happening. And…
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Over 3.7 million would-be homebuyers say they would be happy to take on a mortgage that amounted to five times the annual wage in order to get onto the housing ladder in the UK, figures from online mortgage search service…
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Mark Formosa, who intends to stand for the Conservatives in Taunton at the next general election, has made clear that there needs to be more effective help and advice for the millions of people nationwide whose financial problems are getting…
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