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  • Javid: Truss ‘ignored’ Treasury warnings on balancing books – and Britain ‘paid consequences’

    Financial chaos

    Liz Truss “ignored” warnings from the Treasury orthodoxy meaning the country “paid the consequences” for her disastrous mini-budget, Sajid Javid has said. The former chancellor said the focus in HMT on “balancing the books in the medium term” was a good thing, and without that the UK “would have constant financial crisis”. Speaking at an [...]

  • Sunak’s five pledges laid to waste as most Brits say he’s doing a ‘bad job’ – especially on inflation

    'Judge me on my record'

    Rishi Sunak asked Brits to ‘judge me on my record”, and it seems that’s exactly what people have done, as three quarters think the prime minister is “doing badly” at cutting inflation. A fresh poll by YouGov laid bare the lack of confidence in the PM this morning, after the group surveyed the public on [...]

  • Prepayment customers twice as likely to go into debt, new data reveals

    Cost of living crisis

    People with prepayment meters in their homes have been nearly twice as likely to dip into debt due to the cost of living crisis than others.

  • Cost of living crisis: UK lawyers braced for talent war and surge in fraud cases

    January 5, 2023

    Lawyers working in top British companies are anticipating a hike in fraud, disputes, and debt recovery cases over 2023 as the UK’s economy takes a turn for the worse, a new survey shows. In-house lawyers expect they will be forced to deal with the fallout of the UK’s cost-of-living crisis as the economic downturn sets [...]

  • Brits scramble to borrow more than £100bn with average loan hitting £5k as cost of living crisis deepens

    August 31, 2022

    Brits will borrow £101.1b on new credit cards, loans, overdrafts and other forms of new credit arrangements in the next 12 months, new data shows today, Research undertaken by YouGov on behalf of financial services review platform Smart Money People, found that 71 per cent of people currently have less disposable income than they would [...]

  • UK firms slash debt levels as interest rates rise

    July 6, 2022

    UK firms are paying off debt for the first time in eight years as rising interest rates dissuade further borrowing and strong cash flows are channelled into repaying existing debt, a new survey has revealed.

  • Almost 60 per cent of the country is in debt with amount owed rising to almost £4,000 in year ahead

    June 9, 2022

    Almost sixty per cent of the nation is currently in debt and the average amount owed is set to rise by 11 per cent to £3,834 in the year ahead. The deepening cost of living crisis is eating away at people’s savings, while average Brits are set to lose almost £1,500 in disposable income a [...]

  • Young, female, living in London: Who are the millions of people in the capital struggling to make ends meet?

    March 29, 2022

    Five million working people now face the prospect of being unable to meet their financial commitments, according to new research shared with City A.M. this morning. from Baringa, the business consultancy. In the wake of the pandemic and with inflation at a 30 year high, specific groups of workers, such as women and young people, [...]

  • Half of retirees worry about running out of money but most have not sought out advice

    February 16, 2022

    Almost half of retirees are worried about running out of money in their retirement. Yet more than three quarters have never sought out professional advice, according to research from investment company Abrdn.  The Abrdn research shows that 48 per cent of retirees are worried about running out of money in retirement. At the same time, [...]

  • Your money in 2022: Personal finance trends to keep an eye on this year

    January 16, 2022

    What personal finance trends are likely to shape 2022? New research shared with City A.M. looks at the sentiment and behaviours for this year. The pandemic, mixed with wider economic issues and the rising cost of living, appears to have had an effect on Brits’ relationship with money, because the findings from consumer research platform [...]

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