The Latest Breaking News from StepChange

A CALL for a social tariff for energy to protect vulnerable households has been made following the Tory Budget last week.

More than two in five people are rationing day-to-day necessities or relying on help from others in order to keep up with credit repayments, according to StepChange debt charity.

A SCOTTISH debt advice charity saw more than 3000 visits to its website on Christmas Day, the Sunday National can reveal.

Debt charity warned of 'a real danger that people will increasingly be turning to credit to meet essential spending into the new year and beyond'

Around £1.2 billion was borrowed on credit cards in November, marking the highest amount since March 2004.

Citizens Advice poll finds 37% said monthly increase would be difficult or impossible as people resort to eating cold meals

Advisers at StepChange deal with rising number of calls amid UK cost of living crisis, and more people higher up income scale

Six ways to become more savvy with your money in 2023 despite the cost of living crisis.

The latest Bank of England base rate rise will add around £49 per month to the average tracker mortgage.