More than 3.85m people believe the government will help them out with their mortgage if they lose their job, new research from Lincoln Financial Group suggests.
It says around one in 12 people surveyed say they think the government will pay their mortgage if they are unemployed while another 3m do not know whether it is the homeowner or the government that would keep up payments if they could not work. The government does not help with mortgage payments for people who are out of work – State aid was cut in 1995 under the last Conservative government and has not been restored by the current government. But millions of people, according to Lincoln Financial, still believe the government will help them with women more likely than men to assume the...
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