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I have been charged more than £3,000 for missing Dartford crossing payments
GRACE ON THE CASE: I have been charged more than £3,000 for missing Dartford crossing payments that amount to £135 – how is…
Martin Lewis tells people who were rejected for Universal Credit to reapply
Martin Lewis is urging people who’ve been rejected for Universal Credit because they had too much in savings to check if they can…
Extra Universal Credit support you can claim as 200,000 lose £62 a week
Hundreds of thousands of Universal Credit households are losing out on more than £240 a month because of the benefits cap, figures show….
ScottishPower customer threatened with bailiff over electricity empty home
A woman was threatened with bailiff action after she didn’t pay a £125 electricity bill – for a property that didn’t even have…
Boris Johnson could have bailiffs knock at No10 over £535 unpaid debt
Boris Johnson could face having his wages docked or a visit from bailiffs after it emerged the Prime Minister has been served a…
Fraudster pretending to be a bailiff conned Darwen garage owner out of £1k
A MAN pretended to be a court bailiff to carry out a “scam” on a Darwen garage. Blackburn magistrates heard Scott James Johnson initially demanded £5,000…
Courts face ‘eviction avalanche’ as government lifts ban
“As of today, hundreds of thousands of renters will be anxiously counting down the days until they are forced from their homes unless…
One million Britons fear losing homes when eviction ban ends today
As the ban on evictions is lifted almost one million households fear being made homeless, new research has suggested. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation…
Student fearful for future after Uni threatens bailiff action over rent strike
A student says her studies have been thrown into doubt after her university threatened to call in debt collectors over a rent strike….
‘Aggressive’ bailiffs should be held to account, says Bishop of St Albans
VULNERABLE people in grave financial difficulty should be free to make complaints, without fear, about the sometimes “aggressive and threatening” behaviour of bailiffs,…