30 November, 2021
30 November, 2021
Finding from FCA review will now be used by HM Treasury ‘to target work to determine if there are any further solutions for affected borrowers’
29 November, 2021
24 November, 2021
Inquiry to consider whether there need to be changes in local authority collection practices and legislation governing recovery of arrears
17 November, 2021
In addition, Committee questions whether move from grant agreements to contracts means there is an expectation that providers will make profits on the contracts
17 November, 2021
Ban proposed in response to evidence that some regulated providers of debt advice appear to have manipulated customers' details to receive higher referral fees from Insolvency Practitioners
16 November, 2021 Open access
12 November, 2021
1 November, 2021
Review finds that organisation could not have had a more challenging start since its launch in 2018, and that the delivery of operational outcomes has fallen short
21 October, 2021
Proposed policy options 'seek to achieve a proportionate approach to regulation', says HM Treasury
21 October, 2021
In light of new analysis, Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for reinstatement of £20 universal credit uplift and doubling of £500 million funding for Household Support Fund
8 October, 2021
Proposals include uprating thresholds to reflect increases in cost-of-living so that people paying their council tax in arrears ‘would retain more of their weekly or monthly earnings and spread the cost of their debt’
8 October, 2021
New Direction applies to all insolvency proceedings throughout the Business and Property Courts from 30 September 2021
8 September, 2021
Treasury Minister says government support will facilitate lending to consumers in vulnerable circumstances who would benefit from affordable credit as an alternative to high-cost credit
27 August, 2021
Three to five-year contracts available under recommissioning exercise will cover national and regional debt advice provision, small business debt advice and the administration of Debt Relief Orders
26 August, 2021
New report highlights council’s failure to publish any information about a discretionary relief policy ‘risks significant injustice’
25 August, 2021
However, while welcoming 'much needed' guidance, Money Advice Trust says that further measures needed including legislation to ensure that those with government debt are treated fairly and have adequate time to repay
17 August, 2021 Open access
Consultation on Covid recovery policy includes proposal to keep the six-month moratorium and other easements introduced to support debtors through the Covid-19 pandemic
16 August, 2021
Introducing the guidance, Minister says 'tax collection and enforcement should never come at the cost of fair treatment of residents’
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