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MoneySavers have been discussing how they keep track of their day to day spending. A recurring theme is how easy it is for takeaway coffees to make a serious dent in your budget. Maybe it's time for you to cut the cost of those cuppas too? Read on for more of the week's MSE Forum talking points.…
The UK government has been encouraging people to stock up on certain things in case of a national emergency such as a cyber attack, significant power outage, extreme weather and so on. In the last few weeks have you bought something specifically to prepare for such emergencies? Vote in the poll then share your thoughts in…
My Cosy Octopus fixed is about to expire. I have calculated how many Kwh I used for each tariff over the last 12 months and I have applied the new Cosy rates for Yorkshire to these usage totals. These calculations suggest that using Cosy would be marginally more expensive than a 12 month fixed tariff. We are careful to get…
In September 2015 my parents took a further £13,200 from an Aviva lifetime-mortgage reserve. Aviva issued a fresh statement, applied a new fixed interest rate, showed the then-current balance and produced a new projection of the future debt. Could that 2015 release be treated as a separate actionable act/omission for…
Hello My home was originally built in 1750. It was purchased around 2013 by English Heritage and rebuilt/refurbished as a period property using materials that would have been in use at the time it was originally built. As you can imagine, it has very thin walls (essentially a single brick fascia with lime plaster inside…
I've been thinking about how much of the weekly food shop gets wasted because of packaging rather than the food itself. Bakery items can get crushed, dry foods can go stale after opening, and some groceries arrive damaged when ordering online. At the same time, certain products seem to come with far more packaging than…
I am navigating all of the help on here (thank you all!) I have done the Money claim Acknowledgement of service part I move house next week and then a few days after go on holiday until the 27th of October I can see where it says to "hold off" about replying to quick with my defence, but I don't want to forget about it or…
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The State Pension is likely to rise by 3.9% next April, taking the full new State Pension to over £13,000 a year. It means the State Pension now breaches the tax-free personal allowance for some.
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