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Levels of personal debt on the rise throughout Berkshire
The average person in the South has debts of around Β£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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