‘Kids excluded from essential activities’: Parents resort to credit for school costs
The new BNZ Voice survey found parents are being forced to resort to high-interest credit fixes to juggle household budgets.
Struggling parents put back-to-school costs on Afterpay
The biggest start-of-year expenses were stationery, followed by transport, uniforms and technology-related costs.
Squeezed households resort to high-interest credit for back-to-school and work costs
Back-to-school and work costs are forcing parents to resort to high-interest credit fixes to juggle household budgets already ...
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Households Relying On Buy Now Pay Later And High Interest Credit To Meet Back To School And Work Costs
Households relying on Buy Now Pay Later and high interest credit to meet back to school and work costs The cost of returning to school and work put pressure on households this year, with 70% of those ...
Calls for new bus safety laws after schoolgirl's death
Caitlin-Rose McMullan, 11, died after being hit by a car when exiting a school bus in Castledawson, County Londonderry.