Which? magazine has called for the Financial Services Authority to ‘name and shame’ lenders charging customers with exorbitant mortgage arrears charges. Which? wants the list submitted to judges hearing repossession…
The Royal Bank of Scotland is offering the public free financial advice from every branch from tomorrow. Around 1,000 customer service staff at the bank have been trained by the…
Homeless charity, Crisis, has been investigating the experience single rough sleepers face when seeking help from local councils. Most were discouraged from filing in formal applications to register as homeless,…
Meanwhile, the government is looking to recruit 60 European social workers, experienced in ‘social pedagogy’, to lead an experimental pilot programme on the way children’s residential care homes are run.…
Nearly half of people having difficulties paying their mortgage do not seek advice, often because they feel their problems are not serious enough or they do not know where to…
A victory for a householder who had his home repossessed after being mis-sold a mortgage could set a precedent preventing others from losing their property. The homeowner was a housing…
The government has announced that tens of thousands of people who faced losing their homes have benefited from free legal advice under the housing possession court duty scheme. The scheme…
Chief executive for the National Debtline warns that millions of households struggling with debt could be unlikely to access independent advice because charities are so overwhelmed they can only answer…
Citizens Advice (CAB) has said they are seeing a big increase in the number of white collar workers seeking advice from them. Its latest figures show a 17 per cent…