Consumer credit market

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Guidance and regulation

• Consumer credit regulation: guidance on the regulations implementing the Consumer Credit Directive updated for EU Commission Directive 2011/90/EU (effective 1 January 2013)
  • Guidance
  • 14 November 2012
  • Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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News and communications

• Guides take on loan sharks
  • 22 August 2014
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Press release
• Press briefing: morning 25 November 2013
  • 26 November 2013
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Press release
• Payday industry not meeting voluntary codes
  • 3 October 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Press release
• Competition and Markets Authority launch
  • 1 October 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Speech
• Plans for stronger competition regime announced
  • 15 July 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Consumer card spending, understanding spending habits at different times of day across the UK: 2019 to 2024
  • 1 November 2024
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• Payday lending research reports
  • 3 October 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Research
• A cap on the total cost of credit: impact on business and consumers
  • 6 March 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Research
• Credit, debt and financial difficulty in Britain 2011
  • 13 July 2012
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Research
• High-cost credit: research into the impact of a variable cap on the total cost of credit
  • 24 May 2012
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• 2010 to 2015 government policy: consumer credit market
  • 8 May 2015
  • HM Treasury
  • Policy paper
• British credit unions at 50: call for evidence
  • 31 December 2014
  • HM Treasury
  • Call for evidence outcome
• High cost credit report by Bristol University: government response
  • 6 March 2013
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Policy paper
• Proposals to stand up for British pubs and prevent unfair practices: call for evidence on self regulation of the industry framework and company codes
  • 7 November 2012
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Enhanced suspension of consumer credit licences: impact assessment
  • 25 July 2012
  • Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
  • Impact assessment

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Organisations

• HM Treasury
• Department for
  Business & Trade
• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street