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Bailiffs drive vulnerable people to the edge. Why do Councils still employ them?

3 min readJan 26, 2023

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Bailiffs drive vulnerable people to the edge. Why do Councils still employ them?

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Debt Is a Four-Letter Word – but it’s nothing to be ashamed of

Let me explain why.

6 min readMar 4, 2023

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A graphic depicting the banning of shame.

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Don’t be on the wrong end of a Russian missile

One minute, everything’s fine; you have a successful business, a wife, a child, a happy life. Your future looks secure.

6 min readMar 18, 2023

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Firefighters tackle a blaze in Northern Kyiv.

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Predators in debt advice: yes, I am talking about IVAs

Last November, I attended the Insolvency Practitioners’ Association Annual Personal Insolvency Conference to take part in a panel…

10 min readMar 31, 2023

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A meme illustrating the way that those with money to make from people in debt try to control the narrative on potential solutions by steering them away from those that have no competing interests, other than to help the person in debt.

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Don’t Get a Hernia

One minute, everything’s fine; you have a job, a girlfriend, a social life, and plans. Everyone knows you’re a good bloke, you work hard…

14 min readJan 15, 2023

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Don’t Get a Hernia

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The Plane Spotter

A man with a sick-note and those little things we do to take the edge off.

7 min readApr 29, 2024

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The Plane Spotter

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The Mindful Debt Adviser

I’m mindful that it’s Sunday

2 min readApr 14, 2024

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The Mindful Debt Adviser

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This is England 2024

The train to nowhere

7 min readApr 1, 2024

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This is England 2024

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£2.92 Billion

5 min readFeb 11, 2024

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The proportion of customers repaying a debt to their supplier using a prepayment meter, by percentage show that it’s 50% for gas and 51% for electricity, so approximately half of all prepayment customers are repaying a debt. That’s a huge increase.

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A message to all the ‘crap parents’

A rant, simple as that.

3 min readDec 29, 2023

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A message to all the ‘crap parents’

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Ames Taylor

Ames Taylor

Debt Adviser, Chair, Greater Manchester Money Advice Group. Writing about things like debt, benefits & poverty because the imbalance in power annoys me.

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