Abolishing Debt Relief Order fees is an important first step in tackling the household debt crisis. Charging fees to people in debt crisis counterproductive.
Responding to today’s announcement that Centrica and Shell have posted Q2 profits of £969M and £3.9bn respectively, Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice said: “These obscene profits have been…
New analysis by Debt Justice has found that the number of households struggling under a heavy debt burden has increased by two thirds since 2017. Based on the Financial Conduct…
Debt Justice have co-signed a letter to the Secretary of State for Energy, Grant Shapps, urging the government to set-up a dedicated ‘Help to Repay’ scheme to support people struggling…
Debt Justice welcomes the decision by the financial regulator to ban debt packager fees. Debt packagers receive commission for referring people in debt to fee-charging ‘solution’ providers. Referral fees therefore…
In response to the Ofgem announcement of a new energy ‘price cap’ of £2,074, Debt Justice has warned that consistently high energy prices are entrenching the UK’s household debt crisis.
One pre-pay meter is one too many. It’s time for politicians to write off unaffordable energy debt and end this two-tier energy system that has caused so much harm.
The total energy debt weighing down UK households has hit another historic high, according to new analysis by campaigning group Debt Justice. The analysis, based on the latest data from…
Responding to this morning’s Bank of England Money and Credit Data for November 2022 showing that additional monthly credit card borrowing reached its highest level since March 2004, Heidi Chow,…
As the colder months draw in, our cost of living crisis shows no signs of abating, with inflation continuing to rise much faster than wages and benefits. That’s little surprise…
