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2011
- 40% of households see finances deteriorate
- UK unemployment surprisingly increases
- ‘Boomerang’ children cost parents £3,500 per year
- 75% of workers see pay frozen
- Higher bills hitting savings
- 70% of consumers cutting back on essentials
- 6.2 million households are ‘financially vulnerable’
- Cost of living rises for parents
- Household spending suffers biggest drop since 1977
- Single mothers to be hardest hit by cuts
- Rents reached record highs in May
- Eat or heat dilemma
- How long does it take you to get to work?
- Some debt management firms act unfairly
- Family budget further squeezed
- Repossessions rise
- Insolvencies fall
- Firms offering misleading advice are closed down by OFT
- Average household spending power to be reduced by £1,400
- Rise in bankruptcies among the middle-class
- The Chancellor announces the 2011 Budget
- UK unemployment rate highest since 1994
- Interest rates held at 0.5%
- Average age of first time buyers could increase past 40
- Raising a child now costs £210,000
- Young people unable to afford parents' lifestyle
- Two-thirds find financial matters too confusing
- Record numbers of insolvencies in England and Wales
- UK economy contracts by 0.5%
- 39% of families are financially stretched
- 25% of people can no longer afford to save
- Using credit to pay the mortgage
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