8 July 2020
The Money Advice Trust, the
charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the
Chancellor’s summer statement, with measures to support jobs in the wake of the
Coronavirus outbreak.
Joanna Elson OBE, chief
executive of the Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, said:
“The Chancellor’s plan for jobs will come as a relief
to millions of people who are facing extreme economic uncertainty – and we
welcome these new measures to support employment in the wake of Coronavirus.
“We now need to see a similarly ambitious plan for
tackling household debt which, like unemployment, risks becoming a lasting
legacy of this crisis.
“Debt problems are likely to increase in the coming
months as temporary relief measures come to an end – and the next key date for
many households will be the end of the government’s bans on bailiff visits and
evictions on 23rd August. This is just weeks away. The
government needs to take action now to protect renters and reform the way
council tax arrears are collected, in particular, to prevent pushing people
into further difficulty.”