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Levels of personal debt on the rise throughout Berkshire

The average person in the South has debts of around 拢40,000.

David Harper, the Reading branch Chief Executive of the Citizen's Advice Bureau:

"The problem with debt are not just around Christmas, it's just at that time they all culminate, and we certainly deal with a lot of debt problems throughout the year.

"There are a lot of reasons why we can get into to debt. Someone can plummet into a crisis with debt over illness, a loss of employment, and relationship break down...there's a whole host of reasons.

"These things can often happen to you, and you have little control over them."

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