High-cost lenders exploit NHS workers on pandemic frontline
Study claims thousands of mainly lower-paid workers have relied on loans charging up to 1,333% interest to survive
NHS workers protested last year in a campaign for fair pay. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
NHS workers protested last year in a campaign for fair pay. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
Sun 21 Feb 2021 04.00 EST
Paula Land found herself in a spiral of debt she could not get out of. After lending an acquaintance money that was not paid back in 2016, the NHS nurse was forced to go to payday lenders so she could meet her bills.