Government plans to tighten up debt-enforcement rules, says Neasa MacErlean
We can all expect to hear more about bailiffs in the next few months. The Ministry of Justice is planning to reform parts of the 700-year-old framework governing these debt-enforcement officers and the 4 million court orders and warrants they enforce each year. And, concerned about the aggressive behaviour of many bailiffs, Citizens Advice is just launching a campaign to help the public protect itself. On the Wednesday after next, Citizens Advice is briefing MPs through the All Party Parliamentary Group on debt and personal finance, about the need to introduce tougher controls than the Government appears to be preparing.....Read more on this story: Moves afoot to put paid to UK Credit