17 December, 2012
14 December, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics that show that on average, income deprivation rates fell between 1999 and 2008, but increased between 2008 and 2009.
14 December, 2012
New Shelter research shows that in the 12 months to September 2012, 198,470 households were threatened with losing their home with the top 15 eviction hotspots being London boroughs.
11 December, 2012
Money Advice Liaison Group publishes briefing note on updated debt and mental health evidence reporting forms for debt advisers.
11 December, 2012
Research published by St Mungo's also shows that 41 per cent of people would be extremely or very concerned about being able to pay their rent or mortgage over the next three months if the main breadwinner in their household lost their job tomorrow.
11 December, 2012
New partnership between Homeless Link and Broadway, allows concerned members of the public to connect rough sleepers with local advice and services they may not be aware of.
7 December, 2012
5 December, 2012
Research published by Shelter shows that visible forms of homelessness are continuing to rise sharply with the number of people sleeping rough in England rising by 23 per cent over the past year.
5 December, 2012
Significant proportion of individuals will not be able to pay off the loan in time meaning they will need to take out another one or roll it over and could end up facing high penalty charges, says R3.
4 December, 2012
New figures published by Broadway also show that 901 were new rough sleepers who had not been in contact with agencies before – an increase of 31 per cent when compared with the same period in 2011, reports Homeless Link.
3 December, 2012
New Homeless Link study shows that, at a time of rising homelessness among under-25s, welfare reforms are restricting the ability of communities to house all those who need help and potentially adding to a rise in homelessness.
30 November, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1557
29 November, 2012
Ministers are to amend the Financial Services Bill to give the planned Financial Conduct Authority the power to limit charges, reports bbc.co.uk.
29 November, 2012
The Insolvency Service publishes statistics showing the number and percentage of Individual Voluntary Arrangements that have been registered in each year since 1990, and that have since completed, failed or are still ongoing.
29 November, 2012
Landlords concerned that people won’t pay rent or the top up and arrears will develop, reports PoliticsHome.
26 November, 2012
Charity is calling on people who have taken out pay day loans to take part in a national survey to monitor whether payday lenders are sticking to their self-regulating charter.
22 November, 2012
Scotland's 2012 homelessness commitment will be met and in force from 31 December following Parliamentary approval for changes in the law.
21 November, 2012
Leading organisations issue responses to Office of Fair Trading formal investigation of payday lenders.
20 November, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1426
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