Bid for better bailiffs as pandemic debts rise – BBC News

A plan has been brokered to cut down on aggressive debt collection by bailiffs as warnings of a post-pandemic surge in debt problems intensify.

The agreement should see a new independent new body – the Enforcement Conduct Authority (ECA) – set up to ensure unfair treatment is stamped out.

It is also designed to allow vulnerable people to reset their finances.

Bailiffs are used to pursue unpaid bills such as council tax or parking fines, and to enforce evictions.

Much of their work was paused during the Covid crisis in an attempt to help reduce the pandemic’s infection rate.

Charities have expressed their concerns that the economic…

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