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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

People ‘turning to credit as painfully high bills eat into incomes’

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Credit card borrowing increased at the fastest annual rate since 2005 in July, according to Bank of England figures.

Finance experts pointed to the figures as evidence that households are turning to credit and any savings to cope with “painfully high” bills and falling real wages.

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