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UK Missed Payments Rise, 3M Skip Meals, Demand Healthy Start

4/30/2026

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Missed bill and loan payments rose to 7.5% in the last three months, up from 5.7%, near 2022 crisis levels.
Which? reported three million UK households are skipping meals to afford groceries.
Which? urged an uprated Healthy Start scheme for all families on Universal Credit in a Cost of Living Manifesto presented in Parliament.

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Missed bill and loan payments rose to 7.5% in the last three months, up from 5.7%, near 2022 crisis levels.
Which? reported three million UK households are skipping meals to afford groceries.
Which? urged an uprated Healthy Start scheme for all families on Universal Credit in a Cost of Living Manifesto presented in Parliament.