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The FCA should act now to cap credit card costs

The Centre for Responsible Credit warmly welcomes the Labour Party's commitment to tackling Britain's personal debt crisis. In his speech at the Party's annual conference, Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell today described "...a society steeped in debt and scarred by low pay and insecurity, with our public services in meltdown" and promised to establish a "thorough [...]

By Damon Gibbons| 2017-09-25T15:10:39+00:00 September 25th, 2017|Blog|1 Comment

The decline of local welfare schemes in England

Local welfare provision in England is at risk of collapsing if Government does not urgently review its approach and step in with more funding for local authorities. A failure to act will create widespread destitution, and put even greater pressure on already over-stretched housing, health, and social care services. Those are the key messages from [...]

By Damon Gibbons| 2017-10-06T11:48:58+00:00 September 13th, 2017|Blog, Our projects, Supporting Financially Healthy Lives & Communities|0 Comments