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Scotland could soon be facing a “tidal wave of evictions” unless action is taken to protect people whose incomes have been badly hit by the coronavirus crisis.

Almost half (49 per cent) of all families with dependant children across Scotland are struggling to make ends meet in the context of the coronavirus crisis.

Almost three in four Scots feel that society should learn from the coronavirus pandemic to become at least a little kinder.

New legislation passing through the Scottish parliament will see changes made to the rules around personal bankruptcy, with the aim being to provide better protections to people in financial difficulty.

More than four in ten adults across Scotland are worried about their incomes and their financial wellbeing in the context of the coronavirus crisis.

A total of 1.2 million homeowners across Britain have successfully applied for and been granted mortgage holidays by their lenders over the course of recent weeks.

The coronavirus lockdown could see the overall scale of economic activity across Scotland shrink by as much as 25 per cent.

A new set of debt figures have illustrated the extent to which people across the UK were already struggling financially prior to the coronavirus crisis.

The UK’s financial services regulator has told banks and other lenders they ought to give their customers a break from repayments if they need one as the coronavirus crisis unfolds.

The Scottish government has taken a series of steps that it hopes will help to ease some of the financial pressures being felt by people with debt problems across the country.

A debt collection company has been roundly criticised for employing what have been called “bully boy” tactics by an array of debt help charities and politicians.

A new helpline has been created with the aim of supporting Scottish businesses and their bosses in coping with the coronavirus outbreak.