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Students eligible for council tax reduction

Part-time students are eligible for council tax reduction. Full-time students are not eligible unless:1Reg 20 CTR(S) Regs

•they are a qualifying young person for child benefit purposes; or

•they are aged under 22 on a course of further education which they started when they were under 21; or

•they are a full-time student in higher education, or aged 19 or over in further education and:

•they get universal credit, income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance; or

•they are a lone parent; or

•they have a child and their partner is also a full-time student; or

•they are a disabled student; or

•they have reached pension age.

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Debt Advice Handbook Scotland 1st ed - with new material

Written in partnership with Citizens Advice Scotland, CPAG is delighted to announce the first edition of the Debt Advice Handbook Scotland. Based on CPAG’s best-selling Debt Advice Handbook, it details the stages of the debt advice process in Scotland and the key skills needed to give good advice. No money adviser should be without this essential guide.

The Handbook provides the most comprehensive information needed by advisers on the tools and strategies to help clients with their financial difficulties. It details the key stages of money advice, including on interviewing clients, establishing liability, prioritising debts, preparing a financial statement, negotiating with creditors and dealing with bailiffs. Emphasis is placed on taking due care of vulnerable clients and making sure that any payment arrangements agreed are appropriate. There is a focus on sustainable credit arrangements that do not affect a client’s abilities to pay essential living expenses and priority debts.

It is the go-to tool for specialist debt adviser as a first step in accessing primary legislation and regulations, and is also a reliable guide and training aid for the new debt adviser. Advisers who undertake debt advice alongside other sorts of advice work or other professional disciplines – such as social workers and housing officers – will find this handbook an indispensable resource.

Fully indexed and cross referenced to law, official guidance and to court and tribunal decisions, tactical guidance and examples are included throughou

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