THE public overwhelmingly support bold government action to write off household debts that have been built up during the pandemic, polling by the anti-poverty group Jubilee Debt Campaign revealed today.

Debt cancellation could help households reset their finances and avoid a long-Covid debt-crisis holding back the economic recovery, the group said.

The poll found that 43 per cent of the general public supported measures to cancel household debts, compared with just 20 per cent who opposed them.