Bailiff firms pocket record profits as families struggle with crippling debts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th November 2011 16:20.

Britain's bailiffs are *cashing in on the *economic crisis – with some firms TRIPLING their profits. As millions of people...

Nick Robinson: The truth about your money – and how government wastes it

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th November 2011 18:25.

The Bank of England Governor may not have a clue about how the financial crisis will pan out, but there is surprising agreement...

Kodak back in the Media again:

Eastman Kodak has warned it must raise new funds to survive the next year. The 131-year old photography firm said it may raise the cash through patent sales or by taking on additional debt. The US firm revealed that its cash balance at the end of Septembe...

Found this on Yahoo this morning:-

>The debt trap time bomb - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance

And this intriguing quote was in the article:-

"When David Cameron tried to raise the issue in his address to the Conservative conference in Manchester (Frankfurt:...

I crept in here in February after getting my first ever court papers (not counting my divorce obviously) which had arrived over Christmas I prayed to Google for help and I got Niddy. Best present ever. I didn't start a diary then because with 23 creditors and £150k debt it was going to...

The Halifax was accused of irresponsibility last night for encouraging hard-up families to go on a credit binge.

The bank, which is 41 per cent owned by the taxpayer, has sent letters to its customers this week urging them to take out cash on their cards.

It promises that...

David Cameron is expected to tell UK households to pay off their credit and store card debts in his keynote speech to the Conservative conference later.
The prime minister will argue that the debt crisis was caused by individuals - as well as businesses, banks and government - borrowing...

Cameron: No change to UK debt crisis plan

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 25th September 2011 08:53.

*Cameron: No change to UK debt crisis plan* The government will not change tack in its efforts to reduce the budget deficit despite the lack of...
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Paul Daniels takes the law into his own hands to mete out justice to the looters via Twitter

At what point during this week's riots did you realise that events had spiralled into an entirely new realm, so unprecedented they...

Hi All,

I was referred to this site by a mod, so i hope you can all help.

My brother has a HSBC unsecured loan £13425.45 and an overdraft with them £-645.90
Now he was well off and had no issues with paying untill the last 2 months were his fiancee got pregnant...

Britain could be hit with losses of up to £366billion from the collapse of the Greek economy, it has emerged.
The potential devastation of banks and other City institutions would be equal to 24 per cent of our annual national output, or £14,640 for every family in the UK.
Ministers...

http://www.bankingtimes.co.uk/2011/0...ed-in-bonuses/

Leaked lol...

A quicky for you, but I'm not sure whats best to suggest

I've just had a call from a mate, He's recieved a letter from DWP about a Crisis loan he apparently took out in 2000, he was unemployed at that time, but he can't remember getting one,
the letter says they want it paying back...