The payday lender Wonga should be investigated by the police for sending threatening letters from non-existent law firms ‘Barker & Lowe’ and ‘Chainey, D’Amato and Shannon’ in order to pressurise their victims into repaying their debts. It is certainly not sufficient that Wonga has been forced under pressure to repay the 45,000 customers affected, […]
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Payday loans, TV and Class
Feb 10th, 2014 by Scott Nicholson.When was the last time that you saw someone take out a payday loan on a television programme? When did you last see a show in which someone in full time work was struggling to pay the bills? I feel there is a discrepancy between the portrayal of poverty on our televisions and that which […]
