10 June, 2014
30 May, 2014
'Tax credits are there to make sure people get a decent standard of income, but the sharp rise in debts from overpaid tax credits suggests this policy is having the opposite effect', says Chief Executive Gillian Guy.
30 May, 2014
However, overall complaints have doubled, according to Financial Ombudsman Service's 2013/2014 Annual Review.
23 May, 2014
New report from University of Bristol and Joseph Rowntree Foundation seeks to 'unpick the research evidence to provide an over-view of the extent to which problem debt and consumer credit use cause poverty; and the extent to which poverty results in problem debt and consumer credit use'.
22 May, 2014
New insolvency statistics also show that bankruptcies are down 15 per cent and debt relief orders are down 9.3 per cent over the same period.
21 May, 2014
New research also highlights that £5.5bn of financial help for pensioners goes unclaimed each year.
21 May, 2014
8 May, 2014
New report, backed by Archbishop of York, says that 2.5m children live with families who are £4.8bn behind on household bills and loan repayments, leading to anxiety, bullying and going without essentials.
2 May, 2014
New Act amends Chapter 74 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Company Insolvency Rules) 1986 in consequence of the amendments made to the Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986 by the Insolvency (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2014.
2 May, 2014
New regulations that update and amend the Insolvency Rules in relation to receivership and the process of liquidation.
1 May, 2014
New legislation designed to 'ensure that appropriate, proportionate, debt management and debt relief mechanisms are available to the people of Scotland which are fit for the 21st Century.'
24 April, 2014
However, new Institute for Fiscal Studies report concludes that government won't know true outcome for decades as it depends on what happens to graduate earnings over that period.
22 April, 2014
New report sets out strategy for ending 'poverty premium' experienced by substantial minority of people whose finances are affected by squeeze in income, tightening of credit and reduction in welfare payments.
17 April, 2014
Regulators and government have quite rightly put payday lending in the spotlight but it is important other forms of credit are also subject to a strong crack-down and toxic forms of lending aren’t allowed to flourish, says Citizens Advice Chief Executive.
4 April, 2014
From 6 April 2014, new laws also prevent bailiffs from entering homes when only children are present, and from taking household essentials such as cookers, fridges, or washing machines.
3 April, 2014
New regulations issued that align and modernise HMRC's powers to pursue debt in England and Wales by allowing it to use the procedure set out in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to recover sums payable to the Commissioners for HMRC
3 April, 2014
New regulations that makes rules to identify in which hearing centres of the new single County Court insolvency proceedings may be commenced, and to amend the Insolvency Rules 1986 to take account of the single County Court.
3 April, 2014
New regulations which set down which hearing centres of the new single County Court are included in the London Insolvency District for the purposes of insolvency jurisdiction.
2 April, 2014
New regulations that, amongst other measures, provide for a right of private redress for misleading or aggressive demands for payment (i.e. unfair debt collection).
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