Borrowing & debt

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  Reality check: is George Osborne on track to cut the debt and deficit?

  5 Dec 2012: Reality check: is George Osborne on track to cut the debt and deficit?

• Problem payday loan debts rise by almost 300%

  4 Dec 2012: Debt charity says more than 30,000 will require help by the end of the year, as separate research shows 8% of adults will use such a loan to pay for Christmas

• George Osborne's growth plan relies on us accruing even more debt

  3 Dec 2012: Aditya Chakrabortty: For all their promises of a new economic model, Britain's politicians on both sides remain stuck on the old debt-fuelled system

• Payday lenders 'making insufficient checks'

  1 Dec 2012: Payday lenders accused of relying on indefinite access to customers' bank accounts, rather making affordability checks

• Sharkstoppers: the consumer activists curbing the excesses of payday lenders

  29 Nov 2012: Kathryn Perera: The government's U-turn on payday lending shows what ordinary citizens can achieve when we get organised

• Is Nationwide's Flex Direct current account any good?

  29 Nov 2012:

  The Flex Direct account pays interest and unlocks access to other exclusive Nationwide products, but there are drawbacks

• Payday loan firms face cap after government U-turn

  28 Nov 2012: Financial Conduct Authority to be given new powers to curb exorbitant interest rates charged on payday loans

• Ministers promise measures to cap payday loans

  28 Nov 2012: Government promises to give powers to the new Financial Conduct Authority to act against rogue lenders

• Pensioner warns of payday loan perils

  27 Nov 2012: Campaigner whose daughter was sucked into cycle of debt urges Lords to vote to cap payday loan costs

• Continuous payment problems with Wonga

  23 Nov 2012:

  I'm being chased by Wonga for loan payment default – but I've never had or applied for a Wonga loan

• Five ways to spend less at Christmas

  23 Nov 2012: With one in six people not sure how they will pay for Christmas, we give our top tips on how to spend less – and even get something back

• Wonga promotes Walthamstow debt event as apology to MP

  23 Nov 2012: Payday lender has printed flyers promoting a family finances fair organised by slighted MP Stella Creasy

• Wonga apologises to Stella Creasy over abusive Twitter messages

  21 Nov 2012:

  Wonga makes 'unreserved' apology after Guardian investigation finds an employee of the firm attacked the MP over her anti-payday lender stance

• Will a £19,000 debt stop us from getting a mortgage?

  21 Nov 2012: We have a large combined income and some savings, but this unsecured debt I've run up worries me

• MP demands apology after abusive tweets are traced to Wonga employee

  20 Nov 2012:

  Guardian uncovers evidence that employee of online lender abused anti-payday loans campaigner Stella Creasy on Twitter

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