Housing debt - Mortgage Crisis House prices are so high because there are not enough houses.  While this is true, house prices have also been pushed up by the hundreds of billions of pounds of new mon ...

Student debt - Unfair and Unnecessary Student loan debt in the UK has risen to more than £100bn for the first time, underlining the rising costs young people face in order to get a university educatio ...

Private debt - Consumer credit marketing The average household in the UK now owes a record amount of £12,887, even before mortgages are taken into account, according to the TUC. Its research was based ...

Payday loans - Exploitation The Vicious Circle of Payday loans A Labour government can quickly implement policies to get much needed help to households trapped in problems debt. Provide hard pressed h ...

Public debt - Banks win, Households lose Governments sell bonds (via the Debt Management Office DMO) to fund their budget deficits. Bonds are a way for the government to borrow – similar to the govern ...

Local council debt - LOBO scandal "Local Authorities are borrowing from private banks instead of the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) even if it is more expensive to do so.  Central Government is encour ...