8 February, 2013
7 February, 2013
Leading organisations issue responses to new Department for Communities and Local Government figures.
7 February, 2013
New analysis shows that the average family’s weekly shop would cost £453 if food had risen in line with house prices over the last 40 years.
6 February, 2013
New Department for Communities and Local Government publishes figures show the autumn 2012 total of rough sleeping counts and estimates in England was 2,309, up 128 from autumn 2011.
4 February, 2013
Local Government Association will be raising the issue, along with concerns about rogue landlords, at a select committee inquiry on private rented sector housing.
1 February, 2013
New Insolvency Service statistics also show that debt relief orders up on previous year by 7 per cent.
29 January, 2013
29 January, 2013
Charity publishes independent evaluation of debt advice that shows that debt advice providers are delivering benefits to clients while increasing the number of people they help.
28 January, 2013
Charity calls on government to introduce 'license to enforce' in light of 38 per cent increase in problems with bailiffs being presented to bureaux.
25 January, 2013
Leading organisations issue responses to announcement of government's new rules for bailiffs.
25 January, 2013
Money Advice Trust estimates that this rise is partly down to the increasing use of bailiffs to collect debts owed to local authorities.
25 January, 2013
Government announces that bailiffs will be banned from entering homes when only children are present and at night and new safeguards will prevent them from using force against people who owe money.
24 January, 2013
The energy sector and the UK Government must take immediate action to help Scots facing the hardship of fuel poverty, says Housing and Welfare Minister Margaret Burgess.
24 January, 2013
New report published by StepChange debt charity shows that interest takes up, on average, about 22 per cent of available funds after subtracting spending on essentials, such as food and transport, from the average after tax income.
23 January, 2013
New Consumer Debt and Money Q3 report shows that self-employed people are struggling under a debt burden over four times greater than those in full or part-time employment.
17 January, 2013
R3, Jobcentre Plus and the Insolvency Service release report which shows that over 100,000 people have been helped by a public sector and private partnership designed to provide ‘early warning’ of pending redundancies.
17 January, 2013
Shelter publishes YouGov survey that shows that almost one in three adults, equivalent to 15 million people, say housing costs are causing stress and depression in their family.
9 January, 2013
Private rents cost more than 50 per cent of a family's monthly earnings in 23 out of the capital's 33 boroughs, reports bbc.co.uk.
9 January, 2013
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics that include information on mortgage arrears, repossessions, court actions and orders, and the Mortgage Rescue Scheme.
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