22 August, 2013
19 August, 2013
New campaign also directs people with money problems to information on how to find their nearest money adviser online.
14 August, 2013
Commission publishes 'statement of issues' to assist those submitting evidence to focus on the competition issues it envisages being most relevant to the investigation.
13 August, 2013
Shelter's video 'report' on news that 'Bank of Mum and Dad', which lends £2bn a year to help children with housing costs, has 'run out of funds and looks likely to close'.
13 August, 2013
New analysis of 13,444 people who visited a bureau with a bailiff problem in first three months of 2013 also shows that 46 per cent had jobs compared to 54 per cent who were unemployed.
9 August, 2013
New figures show that, under the new 'Low Income High Costs' measure, around 2.39 million households in England were fuel poor in 2011, representing approximately 11 per cent of the overall population.
8 August, 2013
7 August, 2013
OFT has also written to almost 120 providers in the sector advising them to check that their business practices and contractual terms comply with their legal obligations.
6 August, 2013
Alex Salmond also wants tighter regulation of the industry and steps taken to restrict the ability of payday lenders to ‘roll over’ the debt.
5 August, 2013
Citizens Advice launches a month-long campaign urging payday borrowers 'not to let predatory lenders get away with treating them unfairly'.
2 August, 2013
Money Advice Service report also shows however that in recent years people have become more diligent about money matters and suspicious of financial scams.
31 July, 2013
New statutory instrument contains detailed provision for operation of the procedure which bailiffs must follow when taking control of goods and selling them to recover a sum of money.
31 July, 2013
Press release explains provisions of Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013 that were laid before parliament yesterday.
31 July, 2013
New Age UK report also finds that nearly 2.8m, or 13 per cent, of those aged 50+ are finding it hard to manage financially.
30 July, 2013
OFT confirms that deadline for responses from lenders has now passed and that, of 46 responses, 14 have said that they are leaving payday market.
26 July, 2013
Citizens Advice responds to the Church of England's plans to compete with payday lenders by supporting credit unions.
25 July, 2013
Justin Welby lays down challenge as part of Church's plan to expand credit unions as an alternative to payday lenders.
24 July, 2013
Changes to be introduced in England and Wales following concern from consumer representatives that bankruptcy was stopping people from getting bank accounts
12 July, 2013
Commenting on Paul Blomfield's High Cost Credit Bill which gets its Second Reading in Parliament today, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: 'Payday loans are not the answer for people whose wages or benefits simply aren't enough to pay their day-to-day living costs'.
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