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• Individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs)

  Find out if you're eligible for an IVA, how to make an application and get advice on solving any problems you have.

• Deciding if you should apply for SMI

  What to think about before you apply for support for mortgage interest (SMI) if you get benefits

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Information on the role of the executor or administrator in dealing with the estate of a deceased person

• You can't afford to top up your prepayment meter

  Ways you can make your prepayment meter more affordable, and how to get gas or electricity urgently if you've run out of credit

• If your energy supplier has increased your direct debit payments

  Why your payments may go up, checking your payments are correct, agreeing new monthly payments

• Dividing up money and belongings when you separate

  If you and your partner separate, you need to decide how to divide your home and your pension. You also need to divide possessions and money in bank accounts

• Challenging what the CMS says you should pay

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed or you have special expenses

• If a company stops trading or goes out of business

  Claim money owed to you when a trader goes out of business, including checking whether they’ve gone out of business

• Complain about an insolvency practitioner

  Find out the steps to complain about the insolvency practitioner dealing with your individual voluntary arrangement (IVA

• Check what bailiffs can take

  Check what bailiffs can take and stop them taking things they shouldn’t