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BRITAIN soaring debt crisis was thrown into the spotlight yesterday following revelations that house repossessions were on the up.
Council of Mortgage Lenders s(CML) data revealed that 6,400 repossessions took place in the first quarter of 2014, a 4.9 per cent increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2013.
And further evidence of a cost-of-living crisis emerged from a Children’s Society survey released yesterday.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE