payday loans

Plymouth City Council invites Archbishop of Canterbury to see its work on payday lenders

Plymouth City Council is backing the Archbishop of Canterbury’s campaign against payday loan companies.

The Archbishop hit the headlines this week for saying that he wanted the Church of England to force companies such as Wonga out of business by helping credit unions to compete with them.

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, himself a former businessman, said he had had "a very...

Council bans payday loan websites

Plymouth City Council has announced it is banning controversial payday loan websites.

Although similar moves have been initiated by councils in Cheshire East, Dundee and Renfrewshire, Plymouth is thought to be the first local authority to ban the websites from advertising on billboards and bus shelters in the city.

Access to the 50 most popular payday loan websites will also be...