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The operators of a leading food bank network have revealed that demand for its emergency parcels increased sharply last year as the pandemic caused so much damage to the circumstances of households across the UK.

The dynamics of the Covid-19 pandemic have meant that millions of households across the UK have effectively been kicking the issue of dealing with their problem debts down the road.

People aged between 25 and 34 have accrued the most personal debt over the course of the pandemic, according to a new set of figures.

Millions of people across the UK are struggling financially due to the lingering effects of the Covid crisis.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on household incomes and jobs has been such that huge numbers of people across the UK have seen their mental health suffer during the crisis.

The numbers of people looking for advice on how to handle issues including debt management has increased sharply during the coronavirus lockdown.

Debt levels have been piling up for millions of people over the course of the pandemic and private renters are particularly likely to be feeling the financial strain.

Scots are being urged to find out whether they might be able to claim council tax exemptions and potentially save themselves significant amounts of money.

A series of measures brought in to help debtors during the coronavirus pandemic are set to be extended in Scotland until September 2021.

The Scottish government has said it intends to “increase affordability and quality of choice” for renters living in all parts of the country over the course of the next 20 years.

Campaigners have been left disappointed after the chancellor Rishi Sunak announced plans to extend but eventually roll back the £20 uplift in the basic level of Universal Credit (UC) payments.

As a response to the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, and the subsequent negative impact this was having on the finances of both individuals and companies across Scotland, a series of emergency Acts were put in place to help mitigate the financial fallout.