In the week of the Budget, the Government is being urged to help thousands of UK families whose lives are blighted by financial debt.
The Children’s Society says it can be achieved with a series of measures that will not cost the Exchequer a single penny.
The charity, which believes all children deserve a good childhood, wants families who fall in to “problem debt” to be given legal protection, including a 12-month breathing space, free from interest payments and debt collectors.
This would, it claims, give those who are struggling with debts and overdue bills time to get back to some measure of solvency.
Richard Crellin, from the Children’s Society, told Sky News: “This is something the Chancellor could do on Wednesda…
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