Consumer investigates: Debt collection from benefits – necessary, or deepening hardship?
Is it too easy for debt collectors to apply to take money out of benefits?

Rebecca Styles at Consumer investigates attachment orders and finds the total amount of debt waiting to be repaid is just over $154 million.

Tim, from Auckland Central Budgeting says “We see some egregious breaks of the law.”

Read the full article on the Consumer website.

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