Households paying £216 per month on credit card and loan debt

Households with unsecured debts (like credit cards and loans) spend an average of £216 a month to repay them according to new research by Hargreaves Lansdown Savings & Resilience Barometer. The research showed that in debt hotspots, almost 20% of income is being spent on repaying unsecured debts. Excluding student loans and mortgages, borrowers owe…

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Number of households missing essential payments is back to winter levels

The number of households missing essential payments has risen to 2.4 million, in line with the high levels seen last winter according to analysis by Which? Which’s July consumer insight tracker found that 2.4 million households missed or defaulted on an essential payment – such as a housing, bill, loan or credit card payment –…

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1.2 million households insolvent as a direct result of higher mortgage payments

According to research from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), by the end of the year 1.2 million households or 4% of all UK households, will run out of savings as a result of higher UK interest rates. NIESR says households will run out of savings because of higher mortgage repayments, taking…

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Household debt passes £2tn

For the first time household debt  has risen to over £2 trillion, which is almost the equivalent to the UK’s GDP. The fresh findings, from PwC’s Strategy& UK Consumer Credit Confidence report, also shows that UK consumers struggle to answer basic financial multiple choice questions. This is despite 88% of consumers reporting that they felt…

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1.7m single parent families struggling with household bills

1.7 million single parent families, representing 57% of all single parent households with children at home, struggled to pay their bills in recent weeks, reflecting the worsening conditions for millions of families across the UK, according to comparethemarket.com’s Household Financial Confidence Tracker. The research found that four in ten (43%) two parent households with children also found…

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Lack of support for low-income families will see 1.3m pushed into absolute poverty

The Chancellor’s failure to support families through the cost of living crisis will mean that absolute poverty is expected to rise by 1.3 million people next year according to the Resolution Foundation’s analysis of Spring Statement 2022. Inflation Nation shows that faced with an unprecedented squeeze on family’s household finances and a significant boost to…

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Household debt increased by a third in 2021

New analysis by Jubilee Debt Campaign has found that the number of households struggling with a heavy debt burden has increased by a third in 2021. According to the analysis of the Bank of England’s household survey, the percentage of households reporting that loan and interest payments were a heavy financial burden increased by 35%…

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Warning issued over long-term increase in inequality caused by the pandemic

Researchers from abrdn Financial Fairness Trust have issued a stark warning on the post-pandemic outlook for living standards in the UK following an extensive review of over 200 reports examining the impact of the pandemic. Although the macro-economic forecasts for the UK are comparatively positive, at a household level the situation is more mixed. The…

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