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2010

• Over 50s can`t afford to enjoy retirement because of debts

June

• Budget: tackling the nation`s debt
• Short-term debt: `no need for price control`
• The cost of clearing debt
• Education debt
• Tackling the national debt
• Number of mortgage deals on offer exceeds 3,000
• Almost 5 million take on debt to pay household bills

May

• OECD: household debt more than 120% of disposable income
• Petrol price falls help people in debt
• Amount of mortgage debt taken on at lowest level in ten years
• Northern Ireland sees significant IVA rise
• Overdraft debt `becoming more expensive`
• School focuses on "curing Ireland`s debt disease"
• Debt: lending to fall this year
• Debt consolidation - time to check
• Offset mortgages could give more protection against debt than ISAs
• Growth of debt slows down in March

April

• Fifth of Brits admit their debt worries them
• Mortgage approvals rise; unsecured debt falls
• New agency `aims to avoid debt spiral`
• Anderston - the debt capital of Scotland
• Hidden debt - 1 in 3 keep it quiet
• Consumers taking on less credit card debt
• Number of mortgages approved increased 12% in February
• Debt relief: the risks of online bankruptcy applications
• Registering to vote could improve credit rating
• Third of struggling borrowers `hiding debt from loved ones`
• Britons risking debt by not saving for retirement
• Card debt: February`s figures

March

• Teenagers optimistic about student debt
• Tackling credit card debt - a few pointers
• Energy debt - some good news
• Northern Ireland: legislation to give debtors more protection
• Businesses double debt write-offs in 2009
• Amount of mortgage debt taken on increases in February
• Will consolidating my debts affect my credit rating?
• Debt: living on `financial precipice`
• Cost of servicing fixed-rate mortgage debt at six-year low
• Rise in cost of taking on unsecured debt
• Government warns about rising credit card debt
• Debt - the 12-month view
• Amount of `bad debt` written off reaches 16-year high
• Deeper into debt: middle-class poverty
• Debt taken on by individuals increased in January

February

• Debt Relief Order (DRO) rules may be changed
• Overdrafts: five million Britons `permanently` in debt
• Mortgage lending drops to decade low
• The cost of debt falls
• Two thirds hope to have cleared mortgage debt by 50
• 40% of people approaching retirement `saddled with debt`
• Repossession `may be best` for homeowners struggling with debt
• Bankruptcies in Scotland - the worst may be yet to come
• Good news for people with energy debts
• US: new law provides debt-free date
• More debt taken on than repaid in December

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