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How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
If you owe people money (your ‘creditors’) you can make arrangements to…
If you live in England or Wales, you can get temporary protection from…
A Debt Management Plan is an agreement between you and your creditors to…
An administration order is a way to deal with debt if you have a county…
An Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) is an agreement with your…
Debt Relief Orders (DROs) are one way to deal with your debts if you: owe…
Investigates feasibility of using individual level data on clients of the Consumer Credit Counselling Service
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
The role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
To offer credit to consumers you must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and join the Financial Services Register
If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
Get free, confidential and independent advice on dealing with debt problems across the UK - telephone, fax, opening hours, website
This Debt Fairness Charter is for people who owe personal debt to central government. It outlines how people repaying these debts should be treated.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
This paper studies the role of morality in debt repayment, using an experiment with the credit card customers of a large Islamic bank in Indonesia.
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing counselling services for employees
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Find out about our Lines of Credit facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Find out about the ways people can make certain decisions for you or do certain things on your behalf
Guidance and form to apply for grant funding to provide telephone and digital support for people making a new Universal Credit claim.
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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