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Hi all, I'm after some advice regarding some damage that was inflicted on my vehicle at a hospital last week. My wife suffered a stroke so we had to rush her into the hospital. On the same day, somebody side-wiped my car as they reversed out of a space, causing £5k worth of damage, and then drove off without leaving a…
After submitting 23/24 SIPP contribution figure (via SA) to HMRC in Oct, my OH's account is showing that she is due a (correct) c.£2k refund to cover the additional relief for a HR tax payer. She requested the refund Oct 28 and has the reference (&screen shots) to evidence it. The standard statement indicates it should be…
I'm posting here for the benefit of others, firstly to warn them about LoveitCoverit travel insurance (by Axa) and secondly to post about my case and progress. Long story short (won't bore you with all the details), our daughter fell ill the night before our scheduled flight and was unable to travel. She and some of our…
I ordered a few items on Amazon and one of the items required an OTP as a high value item. I have the OTP. I am in the house and it's a very small house, and the driver would have had to walk (tip toe!) past the window and would have seen me at the window working. He left the package that didn't required an OTP at the back…
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