Average UK debt at £8,000 per person (not including the mortgage)
by Miles Brignall from on (#36FCX)
Survey reveals 6m Britons fear never being debt-free with 25% struggling to make ends meet and 62% worried about personal debt levels
More than 6 million Britons don't believe they will ever be debt free, according to new research which has also found the average person in the UK owes 8,000 - on top of any mortgage debt.
Almost a quarter of all Britons said they are struggling to make ends meet, while 62% said they were often worried about their levels of personal debt, according to research for Comparethemarket.com.
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