Six Million fall behind on bills

One in nine people – the equivalent of six million people across the UK – have reported falling behind on their household bills as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

Chris Whitehead, a debt advisor at Citizens Advice Newcastle, said: “This is a crisis that nobody could have planned for financially and we hear daily from people how tough it’s been for them to deal with the immediate issues of putting food on the table, paying the bills and essentially just getting through the day.