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Welcome to MAT's Information Hub. The hub provides access to a range of information for people with an interest in money advice, credit, debt and debt remedies and recovery. Read more ...

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Fewer than half have cash left at month end

27 January 2012

Fewer than half of British adults (43%) say they have cash left over at the end of the month, according to new research by the Resolution Foundation. People in low to middle income households are particularly feeling the pinch.

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Households pay for housing costs by cutting back on food and fuel

27 January 2012

A survey commissioned by Shelter indicates that one in three Britons have spent less on food, and one in five cut back on fuel bills in order to meet their rent or mortgage payments.

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Debt is ‘normal’ part of university life for one in three students

27 January 2012

Many young people regard debt as a normal part of student life, according to money education charity, Credit Action.

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Themes 

Advice

This section of the site includes information on the provision of money and debt advice. It provides a number of information resources that relate to the provision of money and debt advice and information on those providing advice, those people accessing advice, the cost of delivering advice and the outcomes and impact of advice.

Need & demand for money advice | Outcomes & impact of money advice | Profiles of money advice clients | Profiles of the money advice workforce | Supply of money advice | The cost of money advice

Credit

This section of the site provides information on the availability of credit in the UK. It includes information on the current levels of credit available and being used in relation to a number of potential types of credit including credit cards, charge cards, loans, mortgages etc and to the suppliers of credit including banks, building societies and other lenders.

Levels of credit | Overview of credit | Sources of credit

 

Debt

This section of the site provides a wide-range of information dealing with a range of issues about debt. It includes information resources on issues such as the causes of debt, the impact of debt, different types of debt and information about people in debt.

Causes of debt | Credit debt | Demographic profiles of people in debt | Housing debt | Impact of debt | Overview of debt | Socio-economic profiles of people in debt | Statutory debt | Tax debt | Utilities & telephony debt

Debt remedies and recovery

This section of the site deals specifically with debt remedies and debt recovery. It provides a range of information resources on the ways both creditors and debtors can resolve outstanding debt issues including bankruptcy, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, imprisonment and removal of goods.

Debt recovery | Debt Remedies

Recently added What is this?

• Credit Action debt statistics, January 2012 (27 Jan 12)
• Priced Out (27 Jan 12)
• Living on a low income in later life (27 Jan 12)
• The Essential Guide to Squeezed Britain (24 Jan 12)
• Credit and low-income consumers: A demand-side perspective on the issues for consumer protection (20 Jan 12)
• Summary: Credit and low-income consumers: A demand-side perspective on the issues for consumer protection (20 Jan 12)
• The Lending Code: March 2011 (19 Jan 12)
• Lending Code subscribers' handling of customers in financial difficulty: themed review (19 Jan 12)
• Does debt advice pay? A business case for social landlords (16 Jan 12)
• Monitoring suppliers' social spend 2010-11 (13 Jan 12)

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• Bank of England (40 items)
• Credit Action (35 items)
• Money Advice Trust (34 items)
• CCCS (30 items)
• Insolvency Service (30 items)

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