Equifax publishes 2024 Financial Health Report
In its inaugural Financial Health Report in 2023, Equifax, in collaboration with TDX Group, the Centre of Social Justice (CSJ), Policy in Practice, and the Vulnerability Registration Service (VRS), provided a comprehensive overview of the nation’s financial well‑being. Its 2024 Report, entitled ‘Making ends meet: who is paying the price?’, delves deeper into the aftermath […]
Read MoreFabian Society publishes strategy to tackle poverty before State Pension age
Left-leaning think tank Fabian Society has published a new report entitled ‘When I’m 64’ outlining a strategy for tackling poverty before State Pension age. It says that, while people usually associate the years before state pension age with affluence and not poverty, the UK is facing a hidden poverty crisis among 60 to 65-year-olds with […]
Read MorePolicy in Practice publishes ‘Missing Out’ Report 2024: £23 billion of support is unclaimed each year
Policy in Practice’s latest report entitled ‘Missing out 2024′ estimates that the total amount of unclaimed income related benefits and social tariffs is now £22.7 billion a year. The report’s key points are: Over eight million people could be missing out on an average of £2,700 per year in rights based benefits. This is an […]
Read MoreNew Financial Inclusion Report highlights uneven recovery from cost of living crisis
Open-data lender Plend’s Financial Inclusion Report 2024, entitled ‘A divided nation’, is one of the largest explorations into financial inclusion in the UK. The report, contributed to by Nationwide Building Society, StepChange Debt Charity, ClearScore, University of Bristol, Fair By Design, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Big Society Capital, highlights an uneven recovery from the […]
Read MoreAdviceUK AdvicePro users offered three months free instant access to client credit reports
AdviceUK, the UK’s largest network of advice-giving organisations, is offering its members using AdvicePro in England a free three month trial of instant access to client credit reports from 1 April 2024. This service, provided by ‘debt-tech’ collective Trustfolio, enables advisers to enhance the quality and speed of service they offer clients, saving time and […]
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