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June, 2009

• Household energy bills `could top £4,700 a year by 2020` [26/06/2009]
  Comparison site uSwitch.com has said that annual energy bills could reach £4,733 by 2020 if current price trends continue.
• Many over 50s `facing financial difficulties` [26/06/2009]
  A considerable number of consumers aged over 50 worry that they may be facing financial difficulties - potentially including debt
• UK `must reduce consumer debt` [24/06/2009]
  People are being more sensible with their money and are reducing their levels of personal debt, which is good for
• CML lowers repossession prediction [23/06/2009]
  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has lowered its prediction concerning the number of homes in the UK it expects
• Higher electricity prices will pay for carbon capture [19/06/2009]
  Four new `carbon capture and storage` trials will lead to an increase in electricity bills, The Telegraph reports.
• Unemployment set to rise [19/06/2009]
  According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), unemployment in Britain will continue to rise until the end of 2010.
• Inflation speculation `greatly exaggerated` [18/06/2009]
  Following the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), showing a fall in the annual inflation rate to
• Unemployment reaches 12-year high [18/06/2009]
  According to The Office for National Statistics, UK unemployment rose to 2.261 million in the three months to April, the
• UK recovery `to start in 2010` [16/06/2009]
  The UK economy will begin a `slow and gradual` recovery in 2010, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
• People `may be risking finances due to lack of pension savings` [16/06/2009]
  A considerable number of consumers in the UK may be risking their future finances and potentially putting themselves in danger
• Economy `may be bottoming out` [12/06/2009]
  According to Andrew Sentance, a member of the Bank of England`s Monetary Policy Committee, the economy may be `bottoming out`,
• Fuel poverty still putting billpayers at risk of debt [11/06/2009]
  The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee has urged the Government to offer more help to the millions of
• More than 20% using savings to `pay down` debt [11/06/2009]
  According to recent research by HSBC, more than 20% of the world`s workers have used their savings to pay down
• Housing market - buyer interest is up [10/06/2009]
  A recent survey by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reported that new buyer inquiries in May had increased
• ISA rate cuts could raise debt risk [09/06/2009]
  Several banks and building societies have withdrawn their most generous ISA (Individual Savings Account) rates from the market, The Telegraph
• Online retail sales to grow [08/06/2009]
  New research has predicted a strong year for online retailers, according to Econsultancy.com, despite the effects of the recession on
• Consumers take up gardening to avoid debt [05/06/2009]
  Garden centre sales figures suggest that British consumers are increasingly turning their hand to gardening as they attempt to get
• Debt stops two in five from saving [05/06/2009]
  According to Scottish Widows, recent research shows that 85% of Britons surveyed have `no money to save` - up from
• More pressure on motorists in debt as petrol reaches £1 [05/06/2009]
  The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol yesterday moved back above £1, marking the end of a seven-month
• Consumer confidence up [05/06/2009]
  The latest consumer confidence report from Nationwide shows that the Consumer Confidence Index rose from 51 in April to 53
• 700k `on Debt Management Plans` [05/06/2009]
  Official insolvency figures are neglecting to include the 700,000 people who are currently on Debt Management Plans (DMPs), it has
• Pensions `no problem` for IVAs [04/06/2009]
  Britons have been told not to worry that they could lose their pensions when setting up Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs).

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