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• Struggling to pay your debt management plan

  Tells you what to do if circumstances mean you are struggling to pay the debt management plan, emphasising the need to contact the provider and not ignore the problem.

• Cold called by a debt management plan provider

  How to complain if you are cold-called by a debt management company - uninvited contact by phone, text, email or in person at your door

• Debt management plan fees too high?

  Action you can take if you think the fees charged for your debt management plan are unfair, including a explanation of what counts as unfair.

• Credit rating - impact of debt management plan

  Explains how having a debt management plan may affect your credit rating.

• Complaining about debt management plan providers

  How to make a complaint to your debt management plan provider and taking a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service if you are unhappy with the provider's response.

• If there's a child protection plan for your child

  Explains what a child protection plan is, why it might be put in place to protect a child, what it covers, reviews and when it may end.

• Debt has increased since debt management plan

  Explains what to do if your overall debt increases even though a debt management plan is in place, including asking for interest to be frozen, increasing payments and considering alternative debt solutions.

• Do you need to pay for a debt management plan?

  Advantages and disadvantages of choosing a fee-charging debt management plan provider over on that offers a free service.

• Rules debt management plan providers must follow

  Explains the rules, set by the Financial Conduct Authority, that all debt management plan providers must follow.

• Your debt management plan provider has closed

  What you should do next if your debt management company closes down. Debt management providers sometimes go bust or have their licence taken away