24 October, 2011
19 October, 2011
Department of Energy and Climate Change publishes Professor Hills' interim fuel poverty review which focuses on people with low incomes driven into poverty by high fuel bills.
19 October, 2011
Office of Fair Trading publishes new guidance which sets out unfair or improper business practices, such as such as using social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to contact debtors.
19 October, 2011
New statistics from Accountant in Bankruptcy show a 4 per cent rise in personal insolvencies on the same period last year.
17 October, 2011
New Citizens Advice publication seeks to promote constructive engagement between creditors, advisers and consumers, leading to better outcomes.
13 October, 2011
Citizens Advice 'Dealing with Debt' annual report shows that mortgage debt represents the largest debt amount for households.
13 October, 2011
13 October, 2011
Shelter research shows that typical rents from private landlords were over a third of average take-home pay, above the level considered unaffordable.
11 October, 2011
New figures published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that remortgaging continued to increase in August 2011.
10 October, 2011
OFT launches consultation on its approach to notification of names for inclusion on a consumer credit licence and type of names which will be considered misleading or otherwise undesirable.
29 September, 2011
Audit Commission launches NFI real time data matching service to prevent fraud where an applicant has falsely declared they have a right to reside or work in UK.
29 September, 2011
Debt advice charity helpline National Debtline has received an 84 per cent increase in calls from people struggling to pay rent.
28 September, 2011
Guidance aimed at consumer credit businesses when considering granting credit to people who might not have the mental capacity to make informed borrowing decisions.
28 September, 2011
Money Advice Trust comments on news that OFT has closed down 40 per cent of fee-charging debt management companies investigated last year.
22 September, 2011
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report examines who might be most affected by income inequality and other possible impacts.
21 September, 2011
Charity responds to Consumer Council for Water report which highlights a decrease in number of complaints to water companies.
19 September, 2011
First report in series of three published which examines the impact of debt and changing economic conditions on financially vulnerable households in the UK.
19 September, 2011
New Bill will bring together consumer law found in 12 Acts or regulations and the European Consumer Rights Directive to strengthen consumer rights.
16 September, 2011
Citizens Advice responds to Office of Fair Trading’s consultation on debt management and credit repair services guidance.
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