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Britain's debt timebomb

25 January 2018

  • Couple worried about finances

    Seven in 10 UK workers are 'chronically broke', study finds

    Economic insecurity is ‘new normal’, with only 30% saying they live comfortably

24 September 2017

  • Stack of credit cards and statements

    Britain’s growing debt problem demands a fresh set of eyes

    The OBR’s figures haven’t added up for years. It’s time for an in-depth examination of where the economy is going

21 September 2017

  • Notes in a wallet

    Loan sharks are circling, says one of UK's biggest doorstep lenders

    Illegal lenders are targeting vulnerable people such as mothers at school gates, says Morses Club chief executive

20 September 2017

  • Carol Rice from Birmingham

    Jobless and £35,000 in debt: 'I got to the point where I didn’t want to live'

    When an NHS worker lost her job, she turned to payday loans and lost her house – but has managed to pay back her debts
  • Helpline advisers at debt charity StepChange in Leeds.

    Tough calls: on the debt crisis frontline with charity StepChange

    The Guardian speaks to helpline advisers dealing with issues such as credit card debt, high-interest loans and bankruptcy
  • Woman walking past an estate agent’s window

    Young people worst affected by debt crisis, say charities

    Rent arrears, benefit changes and insecure work contributing to rise in number of young people seeking advice

19 September 2017

  • The Young Women’s Trust survey found 51% of young women and 45% of young men regularly use credit to stretch their finances until payday.

    51% of young women have to borrow to make cash last until payday

    Survey finds a quarter of millennials are constantly in debt, thanks to low pay, zero-hours contracts and rising prices
  • James Ahari

    Car leasing: how one petrolhead has become 'more wary'

    Finance plans offer cars for small monthly payments, but one driver found himself saddled with a £900 bill for minor repairs

    • What you need to know about car loans

    • Car finance: the fast lane to debt?

    • Public inquiry needed into UK's £200bn debt crisis, say senior MPs

18 September 2017

  • New and nearly new cars are displayed for sale on a forecourt of a car dealership

    The UK's debt crisis – in figures

  • Coins and notes and cards in a wallet

    Britain's debt time​bomb: FCA urges action over £200bn crisis

  • An an apartment block on the edge of the Olympic Park, which falls within the borough of Newham.

    Britain's debt hotspot: how Newham is making ends meet

  • Tracy Banham

    'They just kept topping it up' – how one credit card user fell £28,000 in debt

  • UK debt is explosive – and it only needs a spark to light the fuse

  • What is the average debt where you live?

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