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A third of people contacted by bailiffs experience rule-breaking behaviour, including threats and forced entry, according to Citizens Advice and debt charity StepChange. 

A MoneySaver who racked up £180,000 in debt on loans and credit cards has told how she finally became debt-free 12 years later, thanks to the debt charity Stepchange and help from the MoneySavingExpert.com Forum.

Charity StepChange received a record number of requests for help with problem debts between January and June this year, it has revealed.

The falling value of people's earnings since 2007 has left 3.2 million households in "problem debt," spending at least a quarter of their earnings on repayments, while 1.6m of these in the most "extreme" type of debt are losing at least 40% to repayments, a report published today has warned.

Stark survey results showing some creditors and debt collectors continue to add charges despite knowing those repaying are in financial difficulty have sparked renewed calls for a 'breathing space' scheme for people struggling with debt.

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis and the StepChange Debt Charity have called on the Government to fix the rules for people struggling with temporary debt. The move comes as new figures show one in five people making unsecured debt repayments have been left unable to afford food.

If you've got a debt management plan with PayPlan and have joined its payment protection scheme, check now whether it's right for you, as letters sent by the firm cast doubts over whether people fully understood what they were buying.

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped customers who buy TVs and washing machines through rent-to-own (RTO) schemes are paying up to three times more than the high street cost, a report published today has found.

The number of people struggling to cope with payday loan debts has risen by more than 13,000 in the past year, new figures show.