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More than 400 Scots will go bankrupt every week this year. Photograph: Rex

Jeff Salway: Avoid lure of payday loans trap

SCOTS mired in money difficulties have been urged to seek help instead of getting trapped in a spiral of long-term debt by resorting to payday loans.

Comment: Politicians should bow out of pensions

FORCING babies to find paid employment – or presumably forgo their right to be sick all over anyone close enough – seemed beyond the pale even for this government.

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Payday loans can lead to spiral of debt, report warns

A THIRD of people who have taken out payday loans have run into even greater financial difficulties as a result, a new report has revealed.

Jeff Salway: Borrowers bear burden of inept FSA

ARE you about to join the swelling ranks of so-called mortgage prisoners? You may not know it yet, but if you’ve got an interest-only mortgage and don’t have much equity in your home you could face being held captive by your lender.

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Jeff Salway: ‘Ambulance chasers’ profit from PPI rip-off

THEY’VE been dubbed the “ambulance chasers” of financial services, but those famously opportunistic accident scene lawyers may feel the comparison is a little harsh.

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