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Consumer confidence improved in December, rising to minus 17 from minus 19, according to data. from GfK. The index measuring changes in personal finances over the last 12 months has increased by one point to -6. This is one point higher than December 2024. The forecast for personal finances over the next year is up one point to 2. This is an…
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Rising costs are reshaping Christmas traditions, with a quarter of people (24%) now believing you should be able to charge guests for Christmas dinner, an emerging trend dubbed the Pay Per Plate Christmas. Among 18 to 24 year olds, 42% say hosts should be allowed to charge, compared to 36% of 25 to 44 year…
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Around one in three consumers (30%) in the UK are planning to spend more this Christmas compared with last year, according to new Deloitte research. This is higher than the rest of Europe, where less than a quarter (23%) plan to spend more. In the UK, younger consumers aged 18-34 are nearly twice as likely…
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A new report from Standard Life has identified a marked rise in financial insecurity among people in their early 60s as the State Pension age has increased over the past 15 years. The report’s analysis highlights that there are 250,000 more people aged 60-64 in relative income poverty than in 2010 when the State Pension…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that second charge mortgage new business volumes grew by 22% in October 2025. Commenting on the latest new business figures for the second charge mortgage market, Fiona Hoyle, Director of Consumer & Mortgage Finance and Inclusion at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), said “The…
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New research from financial wellbeing business Loqboxr has revealed a major shift in how families are approaching Christmas this year, with four in ten planning to buy fewer gifts and a quarter saying the season has become ‘too materialistic.’ Rather than these changes taking the shine off the season, this shift shows families are choosing…
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The package of measures announced in the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy – including the abolition of the two-child limit on benefit support and an expanded Free School Meals offer – will result in child poverty rates falling in 2026-27, the first time in nine years (outside the pandemic), according to new analysis by the Resolution…
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The Government has announced a new Child Poverty Strategy, which aims to lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030. The Government says that following the reversal of the two-child limit, the strategy tackles the root causes of poverty by cutting the cost of essentials, boosting family incomes, and improving local services so every child…
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Nearly one in three UK households are worried about paying their winter bills, according to new figures from Ocean Finance. With energy costs rising faster than many can cope with, families face a tough few months ahead whilst Ofgem warns that bills could rise by £75 next spring. The survey also revealed that 33% of…
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New YouGov polling by StepChange Debt Charity reveals more than one in four adults (27%), equivalent to around 14.3 million people, will struggle to afford Christmas this year, which rises to almost one in three (31%) among parents with children at home. With the cost of living still stubbornly high and millions struggling to make…
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One in ten (8%) of people have no emergency savings at all, rising to one in ten women (10%) according to Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) Savings and Resilience Barometer. The research found that 11% of the squeezed middle (35-54), 12% of single people and 17% of renters do not have savings, whilst 11% have £100 or…
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The winners of the 2025 Credit & Collection Technology Awards have been announced following a live in-person event yesterday (Thursday 20th November) at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. The awards are the flagship event for innovative technological professionals working in credit and collections and the eighth annual event honoured the UK’s technological innovators, celebrating outstanding…
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Latest monthly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies decreased by 4% in October 2025 to a total of 10,552 individuals. The figures were 4% lower than in September 2025 and 14% higher than in October 2024. The insolvencies consisted of 599 bankruptcies, 3,846 debt relief orders (DROs)…
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