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StepChange Scotland is calling for more work to be done to encourage people with money problems to seek help earlier
Nearly 700,000 people in Scotland have problem debts or are at risk of having them, a charity report has warned.
Debt advisory charity StepChange Scotland, which helped 30,000 people struggling with money issues last year, said council tax arrears were a problem for 46% of them.
Its Scotland in the Red report said the cost to the public purse was 750m.
The charity said those they helped had on average 12….
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