Citizens Advice calls for action on high-cost credit as households face growing insecurity
Matthew Upton, Head of Consumer Policy at Citizens Advice, will give evidence to the Treasury Committee this afternoon as part
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People with unstable finances five times more likely to turn to high-cost credit, Citizens Advice reveals
UK households struggling on volatile incomes – for example those on zero-hour contracts or in part-time work – are five
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Between 2010 and 2016, the state pension age for women rose from age 60 to 63. The result is that
Read moreCitizens Advice calls for money advice to be offered at key life moments as consumer borrowing rises
As the Bank of England’s latest money and credit statistics show an increase in consumer debts such as credit cards
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