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Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
A Budgeting Loan can help pay for: furniture or household items (for…
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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing loans to employees
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs
Professional and Career Development Loans are low interest loans to pay for courses and training that help with your career - eligibility, and repayments and interest, helpline
Find out about loans that count as qualifying loans.
The Recovery Loan Scheme supports access to finance for small and medium sized UK businesses, so they can grow and invest.
Guidance for lenders on applying to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recover loans from benefits paid to claimants.
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
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If you're going back to university after studying previously or you're repeating a year, this can affect your student finance.
Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
The Department for Education (DfE) and the Welsh Government has today confirmed a change to the maximum Plan 2, Plan 5 and Postgraduate (PG) loan interest rates for March 2024.
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