Green Politics
Bank branch closures are pushing the poorest communities into the hands of payday lenders
Highstreet banks should be compelled to lend in all the communities from which they are taking deposits, says Gareth Thomas MP.
loan sharks
Legal loan sharks are licking their lips as the social fund is scrapped
Pete Jefferys of the Co-op party explains why the scrapping of the social fund - is playing into the hands of the legal loan sharks like Wonga and Oakam.
Non mainstream credit reform: What it is and why we need it
Backbenchers in the House of Commons are trying to guide the Consumer Credit Regulation and Advice Bill though Parliament to regulate the industry, reports Daniel Elton.
Time to muzzle the legal loan sharks
Lisa Nandy MP talks about the problems caused by the extortionate rate of legal loan sharks and discusses the End Legal Loan Sharks campaign.
MPs call for end to loan sharking
This week the ‘End Legal Loan Sharking’ campaign working with Lisa Nandy, newly elected Labour MP for Wigan, have tabled an early day motion to bring attention to the issue of legal loan sharking and put pressure on the government to act.
Call to end legal loan sharking – and interest rates of over 2500%
A coalition of citizens groups, MPs and campaigners have called on the government to end legal loan sharking.