Financial Conduct Authority to be given new powers to curb exorbitant interest rates charged on payday loans
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A third of parents of disabled children took out loans to buy basics last year
Survey reveals families with disabled children struggling to pay for heating and food, with most saying situation will worsen
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May 15
Payday loans: bishop hits out at ‘sinful’ interest rates
Bishop of Durham says interest rate of 4,000%, as charged by Wonga, has been considered ‘usurious’ since the time of Moses
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Debt collection agencies are tracking down £60bn
First published figures reveal government is making increasing use of outsourced debt collection
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Sep 10
In Cameron’s Britain, payday loan companies are free to shaft the poor
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by PottEye
September 10, 2012
Charging extortionate rates of interest, these companies are robbing the poor. I know, because I worked undercover for one
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