IVA mis-selling

Channel 4 news had an item on mis-selling IVAs yesterday.

The story appeared to be inspired by concern from banks that IVAs are being mis-sold.

The emphasis was on IVA companies mis-selling.

There is mis-selling of IVAs but the report failed to mention:

* the cause of so much debt in the first place, including easy and innapropriate credit from banks

* that as major creditors, banks have to agree to IVAs presented to them and can therefore refuse them

* the alternaive to an IVA willl likely be bankruptcy from which the banks are likely to get less