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There are three levels of fuel poverty in Scotland and across the UK. They include basic, severe, and extreme. A recent survey shows that anywhere from 30 to as many as 35% of households are…
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The nation’s main regulatory watchdog FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) is assessing the operations of QuickQuid. The lender only has a virtual mailing address in North London, and its main office in the city is being…
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Three debt management companies have been banned by the Financial Conduct Authority from offering their services. The firms impacted include Clear View, Haydon Associates Debt Management Consultants, and also Sterling Financial Security. The companies were…
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The largest payday firm operating in the UK, Wonga, has created a new advert campaign. It will be telling consumers about the changes that the company is making to their services. Not only do they…
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Over the last five years the government has reduced the local as well as national welfare schemes and other benefits by about £26bn. Of that amount, about 85% of the cuts have impacted programmes in…
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The online payday company, Paydayparty.co.uk, which issues loans at a Representative APR of as high as 1735% has been warned by the Financial Conduct Authority that they have not been authorised to operate in the…
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Additional figures show that food bank usage across Scotland is increasing at a very high rate and that around 30% of the people requesting a parcel are in fact children (or they are households with…
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The numerous councils across London are moving the vulnerable population further away from where they currently live due to various housing challenges. It is estimated that as many as 50,000 people have been resettled, and…
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The government is committing as much as £244m to help almost 30,000 families improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The aim is to help those Scottish people so they can save a substantial amount…
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There has been an almost 20 per cent increase in the use of foodbanks during 2014. It is hard to determine the exact number of people that have turned to them, but when only looking…