MPs have called for greater support to help UK households that struggle financially, to help them deal with debt and encourage saving. Members of the Treasury Committee also called for the Lifetime ISA (individual savings account) nicknamed ‘Lisa’, to be scrapped due to its “perverse incentives and complexity”. The call came with number of recommendations,…
The Government must take urgent action to help hard-pressed households deal with debt, MPs have warned. A report from the Commons Treasury Select Committee also calls on ministers to act now to tackle a looming crisis caused by 12million people not saving enough into pensions. It comes after figures from the Money Charity revealed Britains…
Hard-pressed households need stronger action to help them deal with debts and save for a rainy day and a pension, MPs have urged. The Treasury Committee also called for the Lifetime ISA to be scrapped due to its perverse incentives and complexity. … Read the full article at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/household-debt-government-help-scrap-lifetime-isas-says-treasury-committee-a8463766.html
Tweet Share Messenger Google Plus Whatsapp Share Save reddit Email You might be surprised at some of the issues relating to a debt consolidation loan. There are three things to consider regardless of what you wish to use a loan for. These are problems that might be an issue for many people, but there are…
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If you get a gold-colored envelope in the mail from a place called RIP Medical Debt, dont throw it away. Its not junk mail, its good news: a group of Kansas City area doctors has paid your medical bills. The Midwest Direct Primary Care Alliance announced Monday that it donated about $11,000 to buy $1.47…
Starting a new business can be satisfying but stressful. Among other tasks, entrepreneurs must raise enough funds for their ventures. But it turns out the type of funding matters, not just the amount. Start-ups funded via business loans tend to outperform those using personal loans or having no loans at all. Relatively few new businesses…
The government is taking a closer look at ideas aimed at preventing people from ending up in huge amounts of debt when they need to buy a car. Driving Photo: 123RF Representatives from across the finance industry met at a forum this week to discuss ways to improve access to safe credit for vulnerable consumers.…
IN SUNNY south Wales, Hayley is squeezing in a chat on the phone while caring for her five children after school. Her eldest two are 19 and 20; both have special needs and live at home. Their father is an occasional figure in their lives. After the couple separated, Hayley got a large mortgage to…
A standover attack in which a man allegedly threatened to shoot off another man’s leg has been dismissed as the “fantasy” of a “crook” in a Canberra court. Javarne Saipani, 25, is on trial in the ACT Supreme Court accused of showing the alleged victim a gun and threatening to “take off his leg”…