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No matter how hard your situation is, never approach a loan shark for help.
New plans to prevent Britain's poorest families having to resort to loan sharks for money have been announced by David Blunkett.
Under tough new proposals lenders - be they loan sharks, banks or credit card firms - will be required to display the real cost of credit before and d