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You've finally manage to find a date that works for everyone and even picked a venue for dinner. But, you've never been there before? Are you going to have a sneaky peek at their online menu, or do you just turn up on the night and take it from there?
Here's a pulp thriller for you. Second only to the divisive nature of Marmite, there's another love it/hate it food debate that has raged on for eons...which do you find most a-peel-ing: orange juice with the bits in or without?
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Where to start! My life has not been without challenges and I have had times where I’ve had a lot of debt, and times where I have had none. I always felt proud to say I have never missed a payment and always managed to get out of a sticky situation myself no matter what. But this time, I am not convinced I will find a way,…
Hi, In recent months UC pushed up my minimum work hours from 30 to 35. I'm a single parent with a six year old. I'm self employed and this change has pushed my minimum income floor up to £1400+. When it happened I thought it would be doable to earn but it's a struggle. The main issue is finding 35 hours a week to work.…
Posting on a friend's behalf, she got a ticket with premier park for not displaying a disabled badge back in august. It was on display on the dashboard but they only took photos of the back of the car. Unfortunately she did not appeal properly online and just send them emails and tried to ring them, both were unanswered. I…
I received a PCN from Smart Parking back in March 2023. At the time I appealed on the basis that the Date of Contravention was 3rd March 2023 and the Issue date of the PCN was 20th March 2023, so 17 days later. From that time there was a catalogue of mistakes.... I received an acknowledgement of my appeal but no decision.…
Ok I'm diving in as I've noticed several of us have lost posts we thought had posted, and there now seems to be a serious risk of losing the whole thread. So thanks for the heads up Karcher. (and i sympathise Frith - i too like to nip back) I've revisited the first thread of our part 2, posted 28th October 2009. It said:…
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Compensation is one step closer as the financial regulator has revealed the details of its proposed redress scheme
Four regulators have joined forces to tackle bad behaviour from claims firms, including not giving consumers enough information, charging excessive fees and running misleading adverts.
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