Lockdowns reduced infection rate by 81%, research shows – As it happened
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British households are expected to rack up debts worth a combined 6bn because of the coronavirus crisis, as millions of people fall behind on credit card payments, council tax and utility bills.
Sounding the alarm as the economic fallout from the health emergency mounts, the StepChange debt advice charity said 4.6m households risked building up dangerous levels of debt because of the pandemic.
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