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Receiving advice from experts about how best to handle a debt situation will usually have a positive impact on a person’s general wellbeing, as well as their financial circumstances.

Council tax arrears is now the biggest debt-related problem affecting people across Scotland, according to the Citizens Advice charity.

Members of the Scottish parliament in Holyrood have backed plans to offer free sanitary products to women and girls across Scotland.

The stresses and worries involved in covering housing costs are affecting millions of people across the UK, according to a new piece of research on the subject.

The further rollout of the Universal Credit benefits system will force many hundreds of thousands and potentially millions of people into poverty, the Salvation Army has warned.

The charity StepChange has launched a new service designed to help anyone getting letters from their credit card companies asking them to increase their repayments.

Millions of households will see their energy bills come down from April thanks to a lowering of price caps by the UK’s energy regulator.

Hundreds of thousands of people who were mis-sold loans by Wonga look set to be left without the large majority of compensation they’re owed.

Personal finance experts have warned overdraft users to find out just how much they could soon be paying in interest on their facilities as new rules affecting those products come into effect from April.

The national living wage (NLW) applies to workers over the age of 25, and on 1st April 2020 is set to increase by 6.2% from £8.21 per hour to £8.72 per hour. This pay rate is legally binding for employers in Scotland and around the UK.

It will soon be illegal for gambling companies to allow their customers to place bets via credit card payments.

Universal Credit (UC) is pushing Scots into debt when they are already struggling for money and the entire system around the benefit should be fundamentally reformed.