Stronger Shock Absorbers: How To Build The Financial Resilience Of Low-to-middle Income Households Resolution Foundation Events podcast

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Stronger shock absorbers: How to build the financial resilience of low-to-middle income households

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Savings are supposed to be the first line of defence against financial shocks. But in reality, millions of families across Britain don’t have enough to be more than a few pay-days away from trouble. For many low-income households in particular, the focus is less about building up savings and more avoiding the building up of debts and arrears. All of this can leave families vulnerable to one-off costs such as a car break-down or bust boiler – let alone bigger shocks such as redundancy.

How financially resilient are the 13 million low-to-middle income families that make up Unsung Britain? After the cost of living crisis and the rise of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ schemes, how many families are in problem debt? How can those on lower incomes be encouraged to save more? And how should we deal with the large rise in rent, council tax and utilities arrears?

Speakers
Tim Jarvis
Director for Markets at Ofgem
Vikki Brownridge
Chief Executive of StepChange
Sebastian Burnside
Group Chief Economist at NatWest Group
Felicia Odamtten
Economist at the Resolution Foundation
Ruth Curtice
Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation

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Savings are supposed to be the first line of defence against financial shocks. But in reality, millions of families across Britain don’t have enough to be more than a few pay-days away from trouble. For many low-income households in particular, the focus is less about building up savings and more avoiding the building up of debts and arrears. All of this can leave families vulnerable to one-off costs such as a car break-down or bust boiler – let alone bigger shocks such as redundancy.

How financially resilient are the 13 million low-to-middle income families that make up Unsung Britain? After the cost of living crisis and the rise of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ schemes, how many families are in problem debt? How can those on lower incomes be encouraged to save more? And how should we deal with the large rise in rent, council tax and utilities arrears?

Speakers
Tim Jarvis
Director for Markets at Ofgem
Vikki Brownridge
Chief Executive of StepChange
Sebastian Burnside
Group Chief Economist at NatWest Group
Felicia Odamtten
Economist at the Resolution Foundation
Ruth Curtice
Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation

… continue reading

104 episodes

#Science #Social Sciences #externalaffairs

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