17 December, 2021
16 December, 2021
We Are Debt Advisers warns that move to basic telephone and webchat advice under current procurement exercise will 'exclude many vulnerable people from debt advice altogether'
9 December, 2021
Letter to MaPs chief executive calls for existing debt advice funding arrangements to be extended so that a public consultation and equality impact assessment can be concluded
7 December, 2021
Office of the Bankruptcy Adjudicator & Anor v Shaw [2021] EWHC 3140 (Ch)
7 December, 2021
New duty will be enforced using 'assertive supervision' and 'new data-led approach to intervene quickly when practices which do not deliver for consumers are identified'
6 December, 2021
In new financial inclusion report, HM Treasury says that regulations for the new scheme may not be laid until the end of 2022
3 December, 2021
2 December, 2021
In response, Minister says that MaPs will need to demonstrate that commissioned services are able to deal with complex cases 'irrespective of the channel the cases come through'
30 November, 2021
Responding to concerns raised by the Treasury Committee, Money and Pensions Service adds that outcomes for people are comparable in both face-to-face and remote channels
30 November, 2021
Finding from FCA review will now be used by HM Treasury ‘to target work to determine if there are any further solutions for affected borrowers’
29 November, 2021
24 November, 2021
Inquiry to consider whether there need to be changes in local authority collection practices and legislation governing recovery of arrears
17 November, 2021
In addition, Committee questions whether move from grant agreements to contracts means there is an expectation that providers will make profits on the contracts
17 November, 2021
Ban proposed in response to evidence that some regulated providers of debt advice appear to have manipulated customers' details to receive higher referral fees from Insolvency Practitioners
16 November, 2021 Open access
New Report includes recommendations to consider ‘debt bonfires’ to write off public sector debt, extending the Tenancy Hardships Scheme and continued flexibilities in relation to the Discretionary Assistance Fund
12 November, 2021
1 November, 2021
Walker v The Official Receiver [2021] EWHC 2868 (Ch) (26 October 2021)
1 November, 2021
Review finds that organisation could not have had a more challenging start since its launch in 2018, and that the delivery of operational outcomes has fallen short
21 October, 2021
Proposed policy options 'seek to achieve a proportionate approach to regulation', says HM Treasury