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The Guardian - UK
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People in the UK: tell us if you’ve borrowed money from friends or family

Close up of a person taking new £10 notes from a wallet.
Close up of a person taking new £10 notes from a wallet. Photograph: Purple Marbles/Alamy

Britons often turn to family and friends to borrow money now, a new survey has suggested.

The survey of more than 4,000 adults commissioned by non-profit Fair4All Finance found that while 25% of respondents had taken out a Buy Now Pay Later loan, 26% had borrowed from family and 15% from friends this year.

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