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Furlough pushes more people into debt

News Team, 23/03/2021

The loss of income from furlough contributed to a rise in borrowing in the UK last year, a new piece of analysis shows.

Personal finance website money.co.uk released its ‘coronavirus debt index, which showed 51 percent of UK adults got into debt in 2020 with half of that new debt directly caused by the pandemic.

The average amount of debt owed in the UK at the beginning of the year was £9,246 per person. One in ten said their debt was caused as they struggle...


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