Our new report explores the impact of high costs on the people we help at National Debtline and @biz_debtline and action needed from the new Government to help people experiencing problem debt. #BrokenBudgets ➡️moneyadvicetrust.org/wp-content/upl…

5 million people are in a negative budget, where their income can’t cover their basic essentials. The new government needs to start work quickly on policies to pull people out of the red. Bringing these numbers down will be a measure of their success.

Having flashbacks to times when the IT failed at National Debtline and we all had to use the dreaded PAPER RECORDS

The new govt has a chance to act in its first Budget - a good start would be easing UC deductions for debt payments + the benefit cap, esp when so much goes back to the DWP itself. When UC is patently not enough to begin with, let's stop clawing £ back: mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Another record number of debt relief orders in June 2024 - driving a 33% year on year increase in personal insolvencies. gov.uk/government/sta…

Out today: new report on the grim picture facing PRS renters ⚠️4.3 million are living with mould + damp, even in summer ⚠️1 in 3 have had to borrow to pay rent ⚠️3.9m who faced disrepair didn't complain. Almost half for fear of eviction or rent hike 👇

6yo is so excited about our weekend city break she wrote it on the calendar... and I think maybe she's expecting an actual pool

It's kind of fitting that they can't get a waxwork to look like Sinead O'Connor given that her biggest hit was Nothing Compares 2 U

People of colour still paying more for car insurance than white people. People in debt also paying much more. Like it or not, driving is a practical necessity for millions. Insurance needs to be affordable, underpinned by fair pricing.

Recipe calls for unsalted butter, which I go out and buy. Step 2 includes 'add salt'. What's that all about?

Dismayed to see this. A huge blow for people who rely on help from Citizens Advice Sunderland, as well as staff and volunteers.

Been a while since I last went on a peaceful anticapitalist demo, but I well remember what the policing was like. Now we've got far-right thugs smashing up mosques and they are making like *four* arrests. Seems kind of hard to reconcile.

.BBC insisting on reporting racist rioters as 'protestors' and 'demonstrators' is a gross misrepresentation of the violence impacting communities of colour across the UK. Language matters.

Scientists figured out a way to cross Elvis with Morrissey Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future is Our Way Out (Official Live Video) youtu.be/LbPs_wUNCzM?si… via YouTube

Went to see the crown jewels today. On the way out, there is a collection box. For real???

Should have called these cats Yin and Yang

Library apostrophe fail

Not that special #CharityShopFind

Wait a minute, that caterpillar's appetite was completely normal. Why are we food-shaming insects, people? Not cool.

I’m excited to share the release of my latest report for Christians Against Poverty (CAP) UK, exploring the pressing issue of deficit budgets in the UK. capuk.org/deficit-budgets Key finding: 22% of UK adults are living on a deficit budget, unable to cover their essential bills and costs with their income.