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2011 `the worst year` for household finances since 1977
Roger Bootle, a former Government adviser now working with accountancy firm Deloitte, has warned that 2011 would be the `worst year for household finances` since 1977, the Independent reports.
Mr. Bootle added that if interest rates were to increase, families in Britain wouldn`t have seen conditions depreciate so poorly since the early 1950s.
IVA figures out next week
A week tomorrow, 6th May, The Insolvency Service will publish the latest insolvency figures, showing us how many people entered an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement), bankruptcy or other form of insolvency in the first three months of 2011.
Looking back to last year, a total of 135,089 people in England and Wales entered insolvency throughout the whole of 2010.
16% to spend money improving home over bank holiday weekends
Research by moneysupermarket.com has revealed that 16% of Britons will be spending money improving their home over the two bank holiday weekends.
And further research has shown that one fifth (19%) of UK homeowners will be taking on debt in the near future to make home improvements. The website also found that 21% of homeowners have taken on debt in the past for `necessary` home improvements, with the average loan taken out worth £14,037.
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