22 June, 2020 Open access
19 June, 2020 Open access
Proposals include extending period in which people can request payment freeze to 31 October 2020
9 June, 2020 Open access
Money and Pensions Service will set out process for allocating funding 'in the coming weeks'
9 June, 2020 Open access
Debt charity sets out three key recommendations to enable a less painful exit strategy from the COVID-19 crisis
8 June, 2020 Open access
Call for action responds to Civil Enforcement Association publication of Support Plan to safeguard bailiffs and people they 'encounter' in the community
4 June, 2020
Chief Ombudsman highlights a ‘disappointing proportion of cases’ where short-term lenders ‘failed to ensure customers’ borrowing was affordable and sustainable’
3 June, 2020 Open access
22 May, 2020 Open access
Proposals also include extending the application window to the end of October and continuing the ban on mortgage possession proceedings
21 May, 2020 Open access
Proposals include more time to pay and a 'pre-action protocol' for councils to follow before enforcing recovery
21 May, 2020 Open access
New emergency legislation also includes provisions that make it harder for creditors to make individuals bankrupt, and facilitate use of electronic processes to make bankruptcy easier to administer during pandemic
21 May, 2020
Scottish Parliamentary Committee highlights that in some cases debtors may not start to repay their creditors for up to two years, as payments go towards paying trustee fees first
15 May, 2020 Open access
However, first in a new monthly statistics series during the coronavirus crisis also shows that bankruptcy and DRO numbers have fallen
13 May, 2020 Open access
Provision also made to extend eligibility conditions for the less costly ‘minimal asset’ bankruptcy process
6 May, 2020 Open access
1 May, 2020 Open access
New report calls for range of longer-term measures to ensure that people are not penalised for unavoidable debts built up during pandemic
1 May, 2020 Open access
Extension of deadline due to 'significant changes' in the mortgage market since the outbreak of coronavirus, which mean that that it would be wrong to require letters to be sent to people at this time
28 April, 2020 Open access
New statutory instrument
27 April, 2020
Trust also welcomes the CSJ's call for improved council tax collection practices and independent regulation of the bailiff industry
22 April, 2020 Open access
