Demand for help with debts is expected to reach a five-year high across 2018 as people increasingly find themselves struggling with everyday household bills, according to a charity.
National Debtline, which is run by the Money Advice Trust (MAT), predicts it will have received 189,000 calls by the end of 2018 its highest level of demand in the last five years.
It said callers are increasingly struggling with arrears on everyday household bills, with people facing smaller but trickier debts to deal with.
Half of callers to National Debtline are now struggling to repay debt of £5,000 or less up from less than a quarter (22%) in 2008.
Three in 10 callers have council tax arrears up from about one in six (15%) in 2008, with the proportion of …
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