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Parents are being urged to take advantage of the government’s childcare voucher scheme while they still can with the initiative scheduled to be closed to new entrants in early October.

More than eight million people across the UK are hiding personal debts from their partners, according to a new set of figures on the subject.

The number of people making applications for homelessness assistance increased across Scotland by 1 per cent over the course of the 12 months up to the end of March 2018.

The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report that’s highly critical of the government and its Universal Credit system that has been a central pillar of its welfare reforms of recent years.

People dealing with mental health crises and debt problems will in future be given the opportunity to gain some respite from their creditors.

The Welsh actor Michael Sheen has helped to launch a new campaign against high-cost credit and the companies that offer money to customers at very high levels of interest.

A new research report has highlighted the extent to which many thousands of single parents throughout the UK struggle to escape poverty while bringing up their children.

Many thousands of young Brits are being actively encouraged towards taking on debt and spending borrowed money even before they reach their 18th birthdays.

Debt relating to funeral costs has never been higher across the UK as a whole and the issue is now a significant cause of financial problems for many thousands of individuals and families.

Barry Ferguson, the former captain of Scotland’s national football team, has entered bankruptcy on a voluntary basis having become insolvent and unable to service some very substantial debts.

Issues with the UK government’s Universal Credit (UC) benefits system are causing significant debt and housing problems among thousands of individuals and families throughout the country.

British households have an average of close to £13,000 in debts outstanding even before their mortgages are counted into the equation.

That’s according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which has been assessing official figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).