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Loan and best course of action

Hi,
Currently I am living off of government benefit because of disability to work due to my medical condition. Currently I am recovering and benefits in helping me to meet my day to day need.
Before my surgery I had some load (under 20,000) and I enrolled in to token plan with step change. Now I got letter from step change they cannot support the token plan as
its more than 2 years, so now either I have to declare bankruptcy or debt management plan. Since my surplus is more than 49 pound step change ask me to enroll in to debt management plan.
How can i go paying off the debt with bare minimum money that I get from benefit. What would be the right move in this case? Any suggestion is appreciated.

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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 33,072 Forumite
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    If you have a £49 surplus then you are not really on the bare minimum. There are threads on here where they are not paying anything towards a debt and are still sinking.
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  • OP you cant be that skint you were enquiring about holidays last month lol
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  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 23,758 Forumite
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    This is not a question for the loans board.

    Try posting on debt-free wannabee and check your spelling.

    A 30-year debt management plan does not sound sensible but we can go into detail over there
  • Thank you @fatbelly I have moved the question to debt-free wannabee.
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