Debt advice charities to share £15m

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 25 November 2008

Two national charities are to share more than £15m of funding to provide debt advice to people in financial difficulty as part of yesterday's Pre-Budget Report.

Citizens Advice is to receive £10m and the Money Advice Trust will be given £5.85m, the Treasury said. Chancellor Alistair Darling said it was important that families worried about their finances were able to get expert and impartial advice. "So I am announcing today £15m of new funding for free...

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