Eight million Brits missed a payment for a bill in the last 12 months, with credit card payments the most commonly missed.
That is the finding by research carried out by Moneysupermarket, which found that one in six people missed a payment for at least one bill during 2011.
Nearly a third of people think that house prices in the UK will rise in the next 12 months – more than those who think prices will fall.
Government reforms to the child benefit system could be too complex to implement, a tax body has warned.
Despite the mild weather, the majority of consumers are still concerned about the cost of their winter energy bill, research has revealed.