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Poor consumers paying too much for credit

16/11/2006

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Consumers on low incomes are paying over the too much for credit, the Treasury Select Committee has claimed.

In its annual report on financial exclusion, the committee called for action to tackle expensive credit.

John McFall MP, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, commented: "Many of the financial services that most people take for granted are either not available to many of the most vulnerable in our society, or are only available at a premium.

"The burden of debt blights the lives of far too many people in our society."

 

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