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  • Credit Counts and COVID-19: A rapid evidence review

    A summary of recent evidence for the Money and Pensions Service on the impact of Covid-19 on levels of credit use among UK adults and especially the use of consumer credit for everyday essentials.

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Nation of Savers and COVID-19: A rapid evidence review

    A summary of recent evidence for the Money and Pensions Service on the economic impacts of COVID-19 and how these may affect savings behaviour in the UK.

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Saving

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2021

  • Financial Foundations and COVID-19: A rapid evidence review

    A rapid evidence review undertaken in 2021 for the Money and Pension’s Service to identify emerging evidence of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s financial education

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Financial Education

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2021

  • UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 Gender Report

    Analysis of the UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 by the Money and Pensions Service which compares measures of financial wellbeing between men and women in the UK in 2021.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Budgeting and Keeping Track, Financial Capability

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2023

  • UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 Credit Counts Report

    Analysis of the Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 by the Money and Pensions Service which explores credit use among UK adults in 2021, including for the Credit Counts Agenda for Change measure.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Exploring the potential for opt-out payroll saving schemes

    A study by Nest Insight which used stakeholder engagement to explore and understand employer and provider perspectives on the potential for and barriers to opt-out payroll saving schemes in the UK.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Saving

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Using behavioural science to help employees save

    A mixed-methods study which explored and tested the most effective ways of encouraging take-up of Level Financial Technology’s payroll saving scheme among Capita employees.

    Evidence type: Evaluation i

    Topics: Saving

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Nationwide Prize-linked Savings

    A mixed-methods study which explored and tested the most effective ways of designing and communicating Nationwide’s Start to Save prize-linked savings account to people who are not saving regularly.

    Evidence type: Evaluation i

    Topics: Saving

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021: Mental Health Report

    Analysis of the Money and Pensions Service’s Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 to explore groups affected by mental health problems and links to financial wellbeing in the UK.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Budgeting and Keeping Track, Financial Capability

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Measuring the long-term impacts of debt advice, 2021

    Results from a two-year quantitative longitudinal pilot study by the Money and Pensions Service to understand in-depth the medium and long-term impacts of encouraged debt advice on clients in the UK.

    Evidence type: Evaluation i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021: Future Focus Report

    Analysis of the Money and Pensions Service Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 to explore levels of understanding and planning for retirement and later life among working-age adults in the UK.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning, Financial Capability

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 Nation of Savers Report

    Analysis of the Money and Pensions Service’s 2021 Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey to explore the links between regular saving and financial wellbeing, especially among squeezed and struggling working-age adults in the UK.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Budgeting and Keeping Track

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Future Focus and Covid-19: A rapid evidence review

    An assessment of the likely impacts of COVID-19 on retirement and later life planning among adults in the UK, undertaken for the Money and Pensions Service.

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2021

  • Better Debt Advice and COVID-19

    An overview of early evidence on the likely impacts of COVID-19 on debt advice need and provision in the UK, undertaken for the Money and Pensions Service.

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2021

  • Rising cost of living and its impact on UK household

    A briefing paper prepared by the House of Commons Library in early 2023, summarising mainly official statistics, forecasts and Government policies relating to inflation and its impact on UK households

    Evidence type: Review i

    Topics: Budgeting and Keeping Track

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2023

  • Consumer engagement with pensions & SIPPs

    A survey of UK adults by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to provide insights on consumers’ engagement with and understanding of pensions and SIPPs and awareness of FSCS protection

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Does robo-advice improve people’s loan repayment decisions?

    An experimental trial of the effects of free and paid-for robo-advice on loan repayment decisions, run by the Financial Conduct Authority with participants representative of UK adults.

    Evidence type: Evaluation i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Planning and preparing for retirement

    A nationally representative survey of adults aged 40-75 years to explore their attitudes and behaviours towards retirement planning, undertaken by NatCen for the UK Department for Work and Pensions

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Fair for You’s Food Club and Shopping Card trials

    Providing low-income shoppers with small-sum, not-for-profit credit solutions provided by Fair For You, in partnership with Iceland and supported by Nesta, Fair4All Finance and the Esmee Foundation

    Evidence type: Evaluation i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022

  • Falling behind to keep up: the credit safety net and problem debt

    A report based on new quantitative research, into the extent to which credit is being used as a safety net by adults in the UK. It includes consideration of who uses such borrowing and why, and its impact.

    Evidence type: Insight i

    Topics: Credit Use and Debt

    Country/Countries: United Kingdom

    Year of publication: 2022