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    APPY GO LUCKY

    May 24, 2021 4 minutes

    RIDE OUT RECESSION ALLIANCE FIGHTING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN WORK AND IN HOMES

    What has the pandemic meant for your personal finances? Some people have never felt richer, unable to spend their earnings – the money normally haemorrhaged on rounds of drinks, foreign travel, smart clothes for the bottom half of your body – quickly enough.

    The Bank of England reported earlier this year that households were paying down credit card debts in record numbers, using the opportunity of less social pressure to spend to get on top of their bills.

    But this is only a small part of the Covid money picture.

    There are still more than four million people on furlough, unsure

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