StepChange CEO Vikki Brownridge appointed to Board of Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG)
Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG), the UK membership organisation for ‘working together to improve the lives of people in debt’, has appointed Vikki Brownridge to its Board. Vikki took up the role of CEO of StepChange Debt Charity, where she has worked since 2005, in May 2023. Prior to this she held several senior leadership […]
Read MoreNew Economics Foundation publishes analysis showing benefits deductions are trapping people in poverty and debt
The scale of automatic debt repayments administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) means that, across all families receiving universal credit (UC), the basic payment is on average 8% lower than the official figure, according to analysis published by the New Economics Foundation (NEF). This means every £1 in £13 paid through the […]
Read MoreReview of Scotland’s statutory debt solutions – Stage 3 Consultation
Former Money Advice Scotland chief executive Yvonne MacDermid has published a consultation to seek stakeholder views on Scotland’s statutory debt solutions. Yvonne says: “This is an almost a once in a lifetime look at what works, and what doesn’t work in our society, for people who are in problem debt, and their creditors. It is […]
Read MoreChristians Against Poverty publishes 2024 Client Report: Under the Rubble of Debt and Poverty
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has published its 2024 Client Report entitled: ‘Under the Rubble of Debt and Poverty: Removing the barriers that prevent us from living life to the full’. It finds that, in the last 12 months, there has been an alarming rise in reliance on credit to survive — three fifths of those […]
Read MoreFair4All Finance publishes Access to Credit and Illegal Lending report
Fair4All Finance’s new report entitled ‘Access to credit and illegal lending: The shape of the market is as important as the size’ looks in detail at the changing shape of the consumer credit market, and how with shrinking provision, demand is often being met by unregulated loans from friends and family and sometimes illegal lenders. […]
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