Low Wages A Threat To The Economy and Families!

Wyre Forest Citizens Advice Bureau is warning that although the Government has made good progress on the economy with more people in work, wage growth is negligible and increased self-employment means that incomes are unstable.

Kate Bennett, the Wyre Forest CAB manager said: “In the last four months, 247 families came to Wyre Forest CAB about debt issues and the self-employed are more likely to become bankrupt which is heart breaking to have to deal with”.

She continued: “As well as the threat of increasing interest rates, families will have problems with energy bills as we approach winter just as energy companies are making increased profits thanks to the recent falls in wholesale prices and their failure to pass them onto consumers.  More than 400 families have come to us about benefit problems and how they will manage we do not know.  Anyone facing problems with debt or energy problems should contact us in Kidderminster.”

You can contact Citizens Advice in a variety of ways for free and impartial advice on a wide range of issues as follows:

Website Advice  www.adviceguide.org.uk

Free telephone advice: 0300 330 0650 (from a mobile) 844 4111 303 (from a landline)

Appointments at Wyre Forest Bureau: 01562 60194

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