Those Britons who are planning to start a family, or already have children, need to budget their finances as otherwise they risk developing debt problems, it has been suggested.

Millions of Britons are unclear as to how much they are being charged for going into the red in their bank accounts, new figures reveal.

More homeowners are remortgaging in an attempt to clear their debts, an industry expert has suggested.

Parents are giving an increasing level of financial assistance to help their grown-up children get on to the housing ladder, new figures indicate.

The bank holiday weekend is a chance for millions of Britons to make a little extra money, according to personal finance website Fool.co.uk, with almost half of Britons who moonlight on the traditional late August bank holiday doing so for the extra money they can make on top of their regular salary.

Some of the more simple matters regarding personal finance prove to be bamboozling to the nation’s adults, according to the latest research from Abbey.

With repeated downpours throughout the early months, the British summer has turned into something of a damp squib - a fact that has encouraged some consumers to consider taking out secured loans in the hope of a sunnier lifestyle abroad.

Holidaymakers who are tempted to go into debt to fund their holidays have been advised to make sure they repay any money borrowed for their summer of fun as soon as they return to the UK, in order to avoid interest building up or the need for something like a debt consolidation loan to solve the problem of indebtedness.

British consumers returning from their holidays this summer may find themselves needing to compare loans as they find they are further in debt than anticipated, one personal finance commentator suggests.

The cost of the average property purchased by a first-time buyer could be set to break the £1 million barrier within the space of several years, it has been suggested.

British drivers need to become more financially astute when purchasing a car, it has been claimed.

Britons are increasingly living on a financial "edge", it has been suggested.