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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Abuse victims in debt set to be better protected after government scraps fee

A fee survivors of domestic abuse previously had to pay to ensure their abuser could not track their address on a government register is being scrapped.

Survivors seeking a debt relief order (DRO) - a way of writing off debt if you cannot pay what you owe - have had to risk their details being published on the public individual insolvency register.

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