More than six million Britons dont believe they will ever be debt free, according to new research which has also found the average person in the UK owes £8,000 on top of any mortgage debt.
Almost a quarter of all Britons said they are struggling to make ends meet, while 62% said they were often worried about their levels of personal debt, according to research for comparethemarket.com.
Earlier this month, the price comparison website asked 2,000 adults detailed questions about their personal finances. They found that 10% of respondents had maxed out on a credit card, while a similar number said they had been overdrawn within the past 12 months.
A third of those interviewed told researchers that they were already planning on takin…
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