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Dear All

Lert me start by saying that I have no excuse for the debt that I'm in. It was lal my own stupid fault and and a total lack of control on my part. I have substantial debt and have been looking at ways to reduce the amount that I owe. I have looked at various websites and advice and am now thoroughly confused.

Desperately need help and advice on how to proceed.

I have outstanding debts on a loan and credit cards that total nearly £50k. Am currently spending about a £1k amonth to try and clear these debts but its getting tighter and tighter, I dont want to go down the road of VLA as I believe its my debt and I should pay it off. I just want to make the repayments less so y family arent struggling.

Any advice would do

Thankyou

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  • chevalier
    chevalier Posts: 7,937 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Welcome to the site. Can I suggest that you write out a statement of affairs

    here is a link to a good tool for doing this

    http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html you can format it for this site, and paste into the thread. It may be that we can help you trim your budget so that you can throw more at the debts.

    good luck with you journey
    chev
    I want a job that is less than an hour driving away from my house! Are you listening universe?
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