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October 2020

‘Reset The Debt’ campaign calls for a fresh start for families in Britain swept into debt by Covid-19

05 Oct 2020 | Posted In Money advice news

A new ‘Reset The Debt’ campaign has been launched by a collective of Churches, faith-based groups and secular organisations to call for a ‘fresh start for families in Britain swept into debt by the Covid-19 pandemic’. The campaign proposes that the Chancellor creates a ‘Jubilee Fund’ to provide grants to pay off and cancel unavoidable […]

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Centre for Policy Studies publishes report on how to help struggling homeowners through the pandemic

05 Oct 2020 | Posted In Money advice news

Think tank the Centre for Policy Studies has published a new report entitled ‘From SMI to Mortgage Support: How to help struggling homeowners through the pandemic’. The paper argues there is a short-term need to improve the Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme to support homeowners through the crisis – as happened in the wake […]

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CIVEA reports success after one month of enforcement visits

02 Oct 2020 | Posted In Money advice news

The resumption of enforcement visits to collect overdue, pre-coronavirus debt to local authorities has been handled successfully one month on, according to evidence from CIVEA, the principal trade association representing over 95% of civil enforcement agencies in England and Wales. The vast majority of visits in the past month have been to enforce fines, traffic […]

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