More than a fifth of adults in the South East experience daily struggles with their finances, a charity has found.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) runs a debt advice centre in Guildford, Surrey, and has issued a new report which states 22% of adults live with finance anxiety.
Helen Kershaw, CAP’s debt coach, said: “The immense pressure that unmanageable debt plays can be all-consuming and totally overwhelming, it is a real issue that we often come across when first meeting many of our clients.”
The average peak debt of new CAP client households in 2024 was £12,578 – the fifth greatest amount of all regions in the UK.