A significant number of consumers struggling with their finances are not getting debt help, a new study shows.

The less well off are considered higher risk borrowers so have to pay more to lenders. Below we explain why this is happening and what is being done about it.

By failing to take out emergency heating cover millions of Britons could be set for monetary hardship this winter, it has been suggested.

More consumers are looking to get to grips with their finances, a new study reveals.

People are becoming increasingly worried about their finances, new research shows.

With the increased costs of energy, fuel and food, more and more homeowners are finding themselves in financial difficulty having to cope with these rising prices as well as higher payments on their mortgages because of higher interest rates charged by lenders.

With rising interest rates and the high costs of energy and fuel, many homeowners in the UK are faced with the prospect of having to borrow money to help them over some financial difficulties in their lives

Holidaymakers who are tempted to go into debt to fund their holidays have been advised to make sure they repay any money borrowed for their summer of fun as soon as they return to the UK, in order to avoid interest building up or the need for something like a debt consolidation loan to solve the problem of indebtedness.

Britons, particularly the young, are seeing a rise in the financial pressures placed upon them, a new study indicates.

Opting for an offset mortgage could reduce consumers' secured loan repayments, it has been suggested.