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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
How to apply for bankruptcy: how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and assets when you're bankrupt.
When you make repayments directly to the Student Loans Company, you can choose how the money is applied to your balance.
If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.
Find out about assessments, interest charges and penalties for incorrect returns and late payments and how to appeal.
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
If you're owed money in a bankruptcy or company liquidation case, use a Proof of Debt form to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
Form SD2R: Statutory Demand under Section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for Liquidated Sum Payable Immediately.
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
This Tax Information and Impact Note explains the new measure that will increase the amount of debt which can be recovered by coding it out.
A guide to what happens to a PPI claim after someone has been made bankrupt in England and Wales.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
Find guidance on making employees' student loan and postgraduate loan deductions in different circumstances.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
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