Christians 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. […]
Read MoreNew research finds over a fifth of British adults believe their fear of numbers is hindering their financial wellbeing
Over a fifth (21%) of British adults believe their fear of numbers is hindering their financial wellbeing, according to a new study from National Numeracy commissioned by KPMG UK. The survey of 3,000 adults in the UK, conducted ahead of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday 22 May 2024, found that a fifth of the respondents struggled with […]
Read MoreOfcom publishes research on the importance of debt support information from telecoms providers
Ofcom, the regulator for communications services, has published research that looks at the experiences of telecoms customers and the information from their telecoms provider on debt support. The research explored whether customers had experienced telecoms debt in 2023 (i.e. having missed one or more payment to their telecoms provider between January and November) and where […]
Read MoreReshaping the role of the energy sector: Solving problem debt research project launched
Impact on Urban Health is working with Clear Consultancy Services to explore how energy companies could address problem debt by understanding the experiences of people in arrears. The work will also look at how debt advice services are being affected by the increased need for them. Clear Consultancy Services will assess the energy sectors’ contributions […]
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