Work entering liquidation what do I need to know?

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It looks like my employer is going into liquidation in the next few days. There is no money to pay anyone including our redundancy, notice period, and days worked this month (I still need to deliver projects until the liquidation officially starts).

I understand we can claim back any money owed form the government. I've no idea how long this takes though, if we have to wait a number of weeks for the liquidators to assess stuff, etc.

Has anyone been through this and if so please can you advise?
Anything else I need to be aware of or prepare for?

What are you delivering if going into liquidation with no hope of being paid? Don't work for free.

You get unpaid wages, statutory redundancy, holiday pay. https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your-employer-is-insolvent This is from the government.