Blog: Why debt advice is too important to cut

Events of the past week make one wonder whether we really are ‘all in this together’. Firstly, there was an undignified scuffle before the football transfer window closed, with footballers moving clubs for up to £50m, earning as much as £175,000 a week in the process. This was followed by further tales of largesse as bankers' bonus season got into full swing. At the other end of the scale are the severe cutbacks to essential services that communities rely upon. Children's centres, day centres for the elderly and disabled, libraries, even Lollipop ladies, are all being axed in an ef...