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Financial Shield, a pioneering pilot embedding financial advice in GP surgeries in South London, has shown how easing financial pressures can improve health and free up vital resources for the NHS. The findings come as the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan promises to integrate debt support into new Neighbourhood Health Services. This means local health commissioners shifting resources to deliver a more holistic focus on health equity, and prevention.
With increasing numbers of council on the brink of declaring effective bankruptcy and increased Council Tax arrears, there is an urgent need to reform local government finance. In this briefing we set out our position and call for improvements in funding for councils, debt advice commissioning, and the Council Tax collection regime.
We need urgent action to address Britain’s household debt crisis. Even before the Covid‑19 pandemic 7.2 million people (fourteen percent of the population) were heavily burdened by debt.
