Universal Credit claimants create guide to benefit
Researchers and a group of universal credit claimants in Northern Ireland have teamed up to create a guide to the benefit. Ulster University, which worked with the University of York, said it was the UK’s first claimant-led guide to universal credit. The experiences of the claimants are detailed in the online document. One of the […]
Read MoreCitizens Advice: One in 10 Buy Now Pay Later shoppers have been chased by debt collectors
One in 10 Buy Now Pay Later shoppers have been chased by debt collectors, rising to one in eight young people, Citizens Advice is warning. Millions of shoppers in the UK use Buy Now Pay Later to split or delay payments. But Citizens Advice fears for many people it can be a slippery slope into […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: MALG Conference theme and other news
Hello to all our MALG Members and contacts! It is hard to believe that it is already September 2021 and we are now less than two months away from the first face-to-face MALG Conference since the onset of the pandemic. Before that, we will be attending the first major conference in our wider sector – CSA’s […]
Read MoreDebt Management Vulnerability Toolkit published
The Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit is designed to help public sector creditors support their vulnerable customers. It provides front line staff with best-practice tools to identify and assist people facing physical and mental challenges, so recovery can focus on those who are deliberately trying to avoid repaying their debts. The toolkit has been collaboratively developed […]
Read MoreMoney Advice Liaison Group (MALG) to focus on Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion at October face-to-face conference
MALG, the not-for-profit membership organisation that brings together organisations from across the money advice, credit, and debt landscape to ‘work together to improve the lives of people in debt’, has announced the theme of its first face-to-face conference since the pandemic. The MALG Conference, which will be held at No.11 Cavendish Square in London on […]
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