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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Nan Spowart

Debt advisers report soaring requests for help after festive period

A SCOTTISH debt advice charity saw more than 3000 visits to its website on Christmas Day, the Sunday National can reveal.

And on the first working day of the New Year, StepChange reported more than 23,000 visits to its webpage – with a full advice session given to 758 people either over the phone or via the web.

“That was a higher daily total of clients advised than we saw during any day during the whole of 2022,” said Sharon Bell, head of StepChange.

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