THOUSANDS have been urged to claim £90 refunds after a major debt rule change last year.
Almost 4,000 people who took out Debt Relief Orders (DRO) before April 2024 are owed cash.
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Previously, anyone taking a DRO out had to pay a £90 fee, but this was scrapped in April 2024.
However, the Insolvency Service has found around 5,000 people who took one out before this date and since 2016 didn’t finish the application process and are owed the £90 back.
The agency has written to the cohort due a refund with around 1,000 having responded and receiving the money they’re owed.
But there are still roughly 4,000 who have not and need to apply to get their hands on the £90.
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