www.iva.co.uk

The government introduced covid guidance in April 2020 to make life in an IVA and Covid a little easier. These amendments were intended to last until October 2020.

They have now been further revised and also extended until 20 April 2021.

They can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... a-protocol

And a more 'user friendly' article has been published by our friends over at Debt Camel, here: https://debtcamel.co.uk/coronavirus-iva ... ent-break/

Really interesting post Foggy - thank you.
Interestingly my IP contacted me in September and is insisting the remortgage process is completed by December 2020 - I reach year 5 next Spring. I am left wondering how binding this guidance is so have asked for clarity (My IP is a large concern based in NW).
Personally I feel conflicted because the protocol agreement I signed is for remortgage or secured loan. It was too much for me to process at beginning, I was told verbally it would be 'very, very, very hard' but actually it isn't - even in a pandemic there are lenders who specialise in this. When I look at the rates and the overall cost to repay is makes me feel quite ill; I would effectively be taking on more debt overall than I started with. I know this is part of the 'system' and becoming credit worthy means be able to refinance in the future and the protocol caps the monthly amount but it is not easy to feel comfortable with this.

I was told by one of the regulatory bodies that these guidelines should be followed and that IPs were not free to 'cherry pick' what suited them.

Hi
As a critical worker I have been asked to do lots of overtime but on asking payplan if I can keep this as per the government's instruction have been told my wage slips will be reviewed and it's up to the insolvency practitioner? So do they have to follow gov advice or not?

I can only repeat the post I made above --- that IP's are to abide by the amandements. I would suggest a foirmal complaint, followed by a complaint to their regulatory body via the Government Gateway : https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... actitioner