Alternative lenders and automated underwriting processes are making it easier for firms to access cash — but some are being pushed into unaffordable debt

By Kay Polley 29 MPs have written to John Healey to back a Fair Banking Act to spread growth and affordable credit across the UK. As John Healey set out his ambition for “growth in every postcode”, a ...

By Kay Polley 29 MPs have written to John Healey to back a Fair Banking Act to spread growth and affordable credit across the UK. As John Healey set out his ambition for “growth in every postcode”, a ...

A former business minister wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each provide £10 million to ‘help unlock economic opportunity in areas that need it most’

A former business minister wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each provide £10 million to ‘help unlock economic opportunity in areas that need it most’

If we want good growth in every postcode, devolution of powers must go hand-in-hand with a financial system that works in every postcode too.

If we want good growth in every postcode, devolution of powers must go hand-in-hand with a financial system that works in every postcode too.

Devolution must stop being seen as a constitutional reform and start being treated as an economic strategy.

Tackling the "poverty premium" - the extra charges incurred by those on lower incomes - could help millions with the cost-of-living

Politicians with divisive rhetoric come and go but to voters, putting money in their pockets determines if they feel Labour is on their side

New polling shows that the Labour 2024 voter base want action on the cost of living. Starmer shouldn’t U-turn on this.

Our Lived Experience Panel shares what the term ‘lived experience’ means to them, why language matters, and how genuine inclusion shapes real policy change.

As a central delivery partner in the Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy, credit unions will play a key role in delivering more inclusive financial services

Fair By Design teamed up with the Poverty Alliance to document through photography the real-life stories of 14 people who had been denied affordable credit. Maria Booker reports...

We're backing Gareth Thomas' Fair Banking Act to help transform communities using credit unions and community finance. party.coop | @coopparty

Access to affordable finance can unlock the potential of businesses across the UK, helping them grow and thrive. It can also be a lifeline for…

Tackling the cost-of-living crisis and delivering sustained growth on high streets up and down the country requires our high street banks to do mor...

Millions are locked out of affordable credit. A Fair Banking Act would expand access, boost enterprise and tackle inequality says Gareth Thomas MP.

Labour/Co-op MP Gareth Thomas's bill is aimed at increasing lending to small businesses and co-operatives and tackling financial exclusion

High street banks dodged a windfall tax – now they should invest in growth of local lenders

Senior politicians have tabled bill that would force UK banks to make affordable finance more accessible

Rooted Finance is a pioneering, Black-led debt advice and financial inclusion charity with a vision of a fair, equitable financial landscape

High street banks dodged a windfall tax – now they should invest in growth of local lenders

At the end of October, I sat in a room in Glasgow with seven remarkable people. Each of them has had to ask a bank for help at some point, and each of them has been turned away. I listened as they tal...

Glasgow residents from the Fair Banking for All Campaign have met with MPs to demand action on fair and affordable credit, as Glasgow households pay an estimated £4.1 million a year extra due to high-...

The new Financial Inclusion Strategy sets out a wide-ranging plan covering banking access, savings, insurance, affordable credit and financial education. There is a lot in it that is positive and wort...