'It snowballed … I took out more and more' – a Wonga user speaks

Craig Jones turned to the lender at a time of crisis and broke free after getting compensationCraig Jones is now a successful local politician but when Wonga was in its prime he was one of many people who turned to the payday lender for help. Jones was in insecure employment on a zero-hours contract in 2011 when he turned to Britain’s then biggest payday lender. There was a lull in work and he “needed something to tide me over” while he waited for his finances to pick up.He too