A Yorkshire woman has told of her fears from dealing with loan sharks, warning: “If I don’t pay I get a beating.”
It comes as a report from the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said fear of reprisals from illegal money lenders was preventing vulnerable borrowers from seeking help.
The think-tank believes 1m people in England are in debt to these lenders.
The organisation wants to see improved training for debt advisers and greater powers to investigate loan sharks.
A female victim of a loan shark from Yorkshire, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “I get my Universal Credit and it nearly all goes to him.”
The woman said her family were “fed up” of her asking for loans to help pay her debt.
“If I don’t pay I get a beating off him…
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