Families hit by the coalition government’s welfare
reforms have seen their average debt increase by more than 70% in just over a
year, a study has found. Real Life Reform, a study by eight social landlords,
has been tracking the impact of welfare changes on the lives of more than 70
tenants through a series of reports since last July. The latest report, based
on interviews conducted in August, shows the average household debt of the
tenants involved is now £3,931, up 71.8% from £2,288 since July 2013. Nearly
half of these households (48%) don’t know when or if they will be able to repay
what they owe. Download the report from the Liverpool Housing Trust website.
Fee hikes will price us out of canals, say houseboaters in England and Wales
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Charges to go up by as much as 75% for widest vessels under five-year
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