MORE people across south and west Dorset are becoming unable to pay their debts, new figures show.
Figures released by the according to Insolvency Service show that the rate of personal insolvencies in Weymouth and Portland has increased by almost a third over the last two years with West Dorset also showing similar trends.
Weymouth and Portland had a personal insolvency rate of 28.9 people in every 10,000, a 30.8 per cent increase on 2015 when 22.1 in every 10,000 were declared insolvent.
Meanwhile, West Dorset had a rate of 26 pet 10,000, an increase of 19.9 pet cent on 2015 when the figure was 21.7 per 10,000.
The England and Wales average is 21.4, with Stoke, in Staffordshire, having the highest insolv…
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