All news on the topic: Debt

Debt to energy suppliers has reached a new record high of £4.79 billion – a 5% increase on the last quarter, Ofgem has said.

The BBC reported on an Afghan family who, due to extreme poverty and debt, agreed to give their 7-year-old twin daughters into forced marriage.

Just a few months before a coalition of rebel forces overran Syria’s capital and toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russian officials were in a meeting to push his government to pay off a $37-million bill for providing security for oil installations.

Tayla Lewthwaite had £1.90 in her bank account on the day she was evicted.

Sensational headlines about the nationalization of Amkodor and the retirement of its former owner, which appeared in the media March 2025, proved far from reality.

A finance director who gave £56,000 to a call girl said to be Britain’s best-paid porn star has been sentenced to jail for contempt of court.

For most of my adult life, I watched politics from the sidelines rather than actively engaging with it.

Sir Keir Starmer did not rule out the possibility of freezing income tax thresholds, which would constitute a breach of a Labour manifesto promise.

Ministers have prepared insolvency plans for the utility giant Thames Water in the event of a potential collapse, with ministers warning that the company remains in "crisis mode".

London restaurant chain Ping Pong has closed down after more than two decades on the high street.

Rare second inquest hears that Jodey Whiting, 42, left notes saying she had no food and could not pay bills

Overpayments because of official failures led to debt and misery for hundreds of thousands of people

Iliya Dimitrov can formally be considered a millionaire, but with a negative balance, as his wealth consists of enormous debts.

Phil Regan, 59, from Derbyshire, was one of the millions of people missing out on an estimated £19billion in unclaimed benefits and recently discovered he is entitled to PIP

Both current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have a slew of issues they must overcome if either of them hope to win reelection and beat out the other in November

The retailer, which was bought for £7 billion by US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in 2021, reported the heavy loss for the year in freshly filed Companies House accounts

The regulator has announced a call for input on how to protect households against future price shocks

Maddy Alexander-Grout was just 18 when she was offered credit cards at her university's freshers' fair - but she didn't realise she would one day have to pay all the money back

One in four Americans say they're so stressed they struggle to function but some areas are more stressed out than others — with one state unexpectedly clinching first place

Delivering spring budget 2024, Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a slew of desperate tax cuts - including a reduction in National Insurance payments

Esken, formerly Stobart Group, said it had decided to agree to the proposal designed to settle the airport's £193.75 million debt to Carlyle Global Infrastructure Fund

Clients of 'no win, no fee' legal schemes are being hounded for tens of thousands of pounds and fear they may lose their homes after two law firms collapsed owing millions

Complaints about credit cards hit record high, says the Financial Ombudsman Service with nearly three quarters brought by claims management companies and law firms, up from a quarter of these complaints a year earlier

A woman who has been with her boyfriend for four years has admitted they are desperate to get married - but says there's an 'embarrassing' reason why they can't and she doesn't know how to tell their families