Young people ‘moving away from borrowing’
Debt consolidation appears to be an approach increasingly adopted by young people as they adjust to an age of austerity.
This is the conc…
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Financial freedom ‘lasts just seven years’
Most Britons are keen to be financially comfortable and independent, but for most that experience only occurs for a period of seven years.
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Britain still in recession despite GDP revision
Britain remains in its longest double-dip recession since the 1950s, despite a revision of the second quarter figures for economic output.
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Consumers tipped to borrow more
Both the supply of and demand for credit will rise in the final quarter of this year, according to a new survey.
The prediction that cons…
Consumers call for free banking to stay
Consumers have made clear their opposition to any plan to end free banking in the UK.
This was one of a series of widely-held views expre…
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Inflation and income prospects to remain gloomy?
The latest inflation figures appear at first glance to have brought some good news. The consumer prices index (CPI) rate dropped from 2.6 per cent to …
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Indebted fuel customers get more chance to switch
Energy regulator Ofgem's plans to offer consumers the chance to switch energy provider despite being up to £500 in debt to their current sup…
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Tenants ‘need more security’
Tenants need more security through five-year contrasts as a growing number of people rent, housing charity Shelter has said.
Rising rents…