Depending on where a resident lives in London, the percentage of jobs that do not pay a living range ranges from 18% in the city centre to over 25% in the outer boroughs. This equates…

The total expenditure for housing benefits decreased by about £150 million in 2014. This comes at a time of increasing rents being faced by many families across the UK. So while the government made cutbacks…

Families are often turning to food banks due to changes in their social security benefits, delays in payment, or other sanctions. The Trussell Trust as well as University of Cheshire recently reviewed hundreds of referrals…

While it may be hard to believe, about 25% percent of Lancashire families are living in fuel poverty. This equates to about 350,000 residents of the county. So hundreds of thousands of individuals are part of…

In an ongoing effort to protect households from high priced lenders, the Competition and Markets Authority is continuing to put more protections in place for customers. Changes being implemented in partnership with the Financial Conduct…

Customers of the big six energy suppliers are paying about £200 more per year than they should on their fuel and electricity bills. The Competition and Markets Authority released the results of their review, and…

Over 300,000 households across the UK are projected to turn to Citizen Advice for advice on how to pay down their debts. The two main needs from clients are for finding a solution to council…

Customers of rent-to-own stores usually lack the cash and credit to buy household items from ordinary retailers. This is often what drives them to agree to onerous terms that vastly increase the total costs to…

Evictions in 2014 increased by over 10 per cent from the previous year. When looking at data for just Wales and England, about 42,000 tenants lost their home according to the Ministry of Justice. But…

One alternative to the increasing number of food banks may be community supermarkets. Various experts and think tanks, such as Demos, are starting to see the value in opening more of these across the UK….