Plymouth had one of the highest personal insolvency rates in the country last year, with hundreds of people seeing their finances deteriorate to breaking point.
Women were more likely than men to see their finances deteriorate so badly that they became insolvent last year, official figures show.
Plymouth had the eighth worst rate in the country, with 30.3 people per 10,000 declaring themselves insolvent in the city last year.
Continuing a trend that started in 2014, the personal insolvency rate for women across England and Wales was higher in 2015 than it was for men, according to the Insolvency Service.
The personal insolvency rate per 10,000 adults was 18.2 for women in 2015, while for men the rate was 16.9.Experts said …
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