Petition Introduce usury laws to the UK to stop payday loan companies charging excessive intertest

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Introduce usury laws to the UK to stop payday loan companies charging excessive intertest. They have been used in the past to tackle exorbitant interest rates (1545 Act Against Usury) and there is current legislation in place in the US to try to tackle the issue

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Date closed 22 January 2015
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