MORE than 7,800 Barnsley families with 13,600 children between them are living trapped in problem debt, according to new research by The Children’s Society.
The figures are revealed in a study which shows more than one in six families with children in Yorkshire and the Humber have been failing to keep up with household bills and loan repayments in the past year.
Children in low-income families with multiple debts are at far higher risk of experiencing mental health problems than those in families who owe money to a single type of creditor, the charity says.
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