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Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
How to notify DWP to stop or restart deductions from benefits for fuel, water or rent arrears when a debtor starts or ends a ‘Breathing Space’.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
The new LOA will ensure that our service personnel, and their families, receive a more accurate contribution to additional costs incurred when serving overseas.
Find out about welfare, specialist healthcare and advocacy support available to veterans and their families in Northern Ireland.
Appeal a debt adviser’s decision to include your address in a ‘breathing space’ for a debt that you owe.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
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