Charity says families in conflict is on the up due to cost-of-living crisis
Family dispute specialists who are part of the country’s largest network of family mediators say they are gearing up for a record number of enquiries in September when the children go back to school, fuelled in part by the cost-of-living crisis.
According to the charity National Family Mediation (NFM...
Energy debt is at an all-time high with £1.3 billion owed to providers[1] – more than 250% higher than it was in September last year [2]
Six million households owe an average £206 to providers [1] , 10% more than they owed in April and at a time of year when they should usually have built up credit to cope with winter bills
More than half (52%) of car owners only kept their first car for between 1 to 3 years
Cars that people have kept the longest
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Undergraduates starting a three-year degree this Autumn will leave with £45,800 in debt on average
· Interest rate on student loans in England and Wales to be capped at 6.3% this autumn · But paying tuition fees upfront may not be worth it as what you repay depends on how much you earn not what you owe · Any unpaid debt gets wiped after 30 years with only 20% of full-time...
In 2020/21, the charity’s helpline made 464 referrals to agencies in the South West, following contacts about children being left without supervision of an adult – a 39% increase from the previous year
There's no legal age a child can be left home alone but it’s against the law to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
