More support needed for families ‘clobbered with eye-watering mortgage payments’

The government must reverse a £3bn tax cut for banks and use the money to help families at risk of losing their homes, it has been claimed.

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to cancel the cut to the bank surcharge.

They say this money should be used instead to support families facing losing their homes due to soaring mortgage payments.

Research commissioned by the political party found one in six Brits (17%) are going without a summer holiday as they struggle to make ends meet.

Other findings

• 37% said they were eating out less
• 9% said they were going to fewer outdoor events
• 9% said they were travelling less to see friends and family
• 4% even said they were cutting back on barbecues

Shameful

Liberal Democrats spokeswoman Sarah Olney said:

“It is shameful that the government is ploughing on with massive tax cuts for the big banks, who are refusing to pass on saving rates whilst hiking mortgage bills.”

She added:

“Families across the country struggled through a winter of high energy bills, only to be clobbered with eye-watering mortgage payments this summer.”

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