Coronavirus UK: Consumer debt falls a record £7.4bn in April

Britain’s £221billion consumer debt pile shrank by nearly £7.5billion in April, the largest fall ever recorded by the Bank of England. As households cut their spending during the coronavirus lockdown, the amount households they borrowed slumped to £11.8billion, almost half of the figure for February. Although the amount households paid back also dropped, the spending … Read more

Britons pay £7.4bn off loans and credit cards in one month

Britons pay £7.4bn off loans and credit cards in one month as spending falls during lockdown By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 2 June 2020 Nervous households took advantage of the lockdown to pay off a record £7.4billion in loans and credit card debt … Read more