A campaign to maintain funding for ‘essential’ face-to-face debt advice services has been backed by Bury Council.
The council has supported calls by Advice UK, the Institute of Money Advisers, the Unite Debt Advice Network and Greater Manchester Money Advice Group among others for the government to extend funding for 12 months for existing services to enable them to plan properly, retain staff and scrap a government procurement process entirely.
Campaigners say face-to-face debt advice will be slashed by more than 50 per cent in favour of remote services which they claim ‘are not appropriate or accessible for everyone’.
