25 January, 2012
23 January, 2012
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation seeks views on an alternative, non-regulatory approach to tackling bad debt from unpaid water charges than landlords sharing information about tenants to water companies.
20 January, 2012
Lending Standards Board publishes new provisions which include that where a debt is sold, subscribers to Lending Code need to satisfy themselves that debt purchaser will continue to deal with customers in a manner consistent with requirements in Code.
19 January, 2012
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19 January, 2012
New Shelter research also shows that 34 per cent of people have spent less on food in the last 12 months.
17 January, 2012
National Audit Office publishes review of the efficiency of operations of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
16 January, 2012
11 January, 2012
Research published by Money Advice Trust shows that number of people getting help from free debt advice agencies increased in 2011 to 1.54 million, up from 1.4 million in 2010.
4 January, 2012
New survey from Shelter also shows that almost seven million people are relying on credit to help pay housing costs.
4 January, 2012
Government's Warm Home Discount reaches just 3 per cent of families at risk of fuel poverty and leaves 800,000 families in the cold, says Save the Children.
3 January, 2012
Figures published by The Insolvency Service show that one in four people with Debt Relief Orders fall within this age group.
3 January, 2012
Macmillan Cancer Support has paid £2,548,563 to 12,669 cancer patients during 2011, up from £1.4m to 7,369 patients five years ago, reports bbc.co.uk.
20 December, 2011
Leading organisations issue responses to publication of mortgage review.
20 December, 2011
Consultation seeks views on specific practice of debiting money from an account in absence of having express authority to do so.
19 December, 2011
Financial Services Authority Mortgage Market Review aims to prevent recurrence of 'irresponsible lending' based on assumption that house prices would always rise.
16 December, 2011
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes it's forecasts for 2012 which predicts an increase in number of borrowers behind on their mortgage payments.
14 December, 2011
New research published by Shelter shows that with 1 in every 111 homes at risk of eviction, those living in London, Manchester, Slough and Peterborough are most at risk.
8 December, 2011
Council says that, whilst it supports repayment of support under universal credit, it is 'extremely concerned' about payment direct to claimants.
8 December, 2011
Response to yesterday's R3 report on payday loans.
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