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Debt advice ‘can help even in a crisis’

Consumers with debt trouble should always seek expert guidance as it can help them even if they are in a particularly bad predicament, one expert has suggested.

Citizens Advice chief executive David Harker stated while it is best that people look for advice as soon as they start having problems, because more options will be available, action can still be worthwhile for those on the brink.

"Even people at crisis point - for example people facing a court hearing for repossession of their home - can find their situation swiftly improved if they seek advice," he commented.

The remarks were made as the Working Together for Advice project, made up of Citizens Advice, Age Concern and Help the Aged, the Advice Services Alliance, AdviceUK, Youth Access and the Law Centres Federation, launched Advice Week 2009, which runs until October 18th.

It seeks to raise awareness of the importance of getting help at a time when Citizens Advice Bureaux in England and Wales are handling more than 9,000 new debt problems a day.

By Chris Trimble