Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs
Briefing: Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs The UK is in the grip of a consumer debt crisis. As at April 2019, households owed…
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Briefing: Regulating the credit card market: why we need a cap on costs The UK is in the grip of a consumer debt crisis. As at April 2019, households owed…
Bank of England figures released today show that unsecured personal debt is 6.5% higher than a year ago Jubilee Debt Campaign has calculated that unsecured personal debt has grown by…
Responding to the decision by the Bank of England to raise its’ base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Director of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, said: “Poor wage growth…
Britain is in the midst of a severe and prolonged household debt crisis. No-one should have to get into debt just to put food on the table and heat their…
Anti-poverty campaigners will today (Tuesday 6th March) call on the Government, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to instigate a Household Debt Jubilee in order to…
This briefing makes the case for writing off around £40 billion of ‘unjust’ household debt in the UK. A decade since the onset of the global financial crisis, outstanding household debt…