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This series brings together all documents relating to the basic bank account data reported to the Treasury by the nine banks designated to provide basic bank accounts.
How to find the right bank for you, and when you will receive your arrival payment.
Information to help councils advise guests on opening a bank account.
The eighth publication of data on the UK basic bank account market.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The seventh publication of data on the UK basic bank account market.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Form for insolvency practitioners to make an application under regulations 6 or 21 of the Insolvency Regulations 1994 for authority to use local bank account.
Agreement between the government and the banking industry to establish new basic bank accounts.
The sixth publication of data on the UK basic bank account market.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Find out what information you may be asked for by your account provider and how that information is shared.
The second publication of data on the UK basic bank account market.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
The first publication of data on the UK basic bank account market, fulfilling the Treasury’s commitment in the 2014 basic bank account agreement.
How to pay your VAT bill - including online by card or Direct Debit, from your bank with HMRC’s bank details, by standing order or at your bank or building society.
Digital form for organisations and individuals to notify the Department for Education (DfE) of their bank account and payment details.
New rules give consumers greater confidence to challenge decisions
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