Whilst i was in the Pub at Lunch Time today, i picked up the 'The Independant' Paper by the Bar. And came across an interesting read.....

Credit card borrowing in freefall

The British passion for plastic has cooled with credit card borrowing falling to £97bn – its lowest level since 2005 – and the number of cards falling by 1.5million to a seven-year low of 60 million.
Today's Consumer Credit Confidence survey by the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will also show a sharp fall in unsecured borrowing generally. Household borrowing has tumbled by £500 per household over the past year. And the survey will say that borrowing should fall by a further £200 per household in 2011 – a contraction of between 2 to 3 per cent – as consumers continue to pay back loans and those seeking new borrowing find it hard to...Article from The Independant