‘Why are the bankers bailed out when we are left with nothing?’
Christmas was ruined for thousands of families two years ago when the Farepak savings scheme collapsed. The HBOS bank pulled the plug on the scheme’s parent company – and 120,000 people lost a total of £38 million in savings.
The threat of redundancy is hanging over the head of millions of workers as the economic slump deepens. Every day seems to bring new announcements of huge job losses at factories, shops and offices around the country.