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New Year’s Eve is around the corner, and for many of us, it’s the big question: how will you be ringing in 2026? Whether you’re planning a night out on the town, hosting a cosy gathering, or keeping things low-key, everyone has their own way of celebrating. Some people love the buzz of fireworks and parties, while others…
With the festive season in full swing, many of us are feeling the pinch of rising costs – but others might be finding ways to cut back or keep things steady. From gifts and food to travel and decorations, Christmas can quickly add up. We’d love to know how you think your spending for this Christmas compares to last year.…
Happy New Year! I thought we need a new Thread to discuss this - because not everyone uses Facebook. Has anyone else heard anything?
Hi all, This is my first pos. I've got a tax charge on my civil service pension CSPS for this year of £3000, which I can either pay from my own funds or use the Scheme Pays to pay it. I'm keen to check that I'm thinking properly about it all before making a decision and finding it very hard to get anything resembling…
Hi there, I have parked my car at the St Marks car park which is managed by the very well known Excel car parking Limited, I registered my car asked for 4 hrs of parking paid with my debit card which was accepted but did not get any parking ticket for display, I read the small print and looked around for another machine…
I think this could probably do with a fresh thread. There is no confirmation from Nationwide yet that there will be a Fairer Share Payment this year, but if there is, the above image summarises the requirements from 2025's scheme. Full terms here.
In the hopefully unlikely case of a bank holding your cash ISA failing, and you then recovering your lost investment from FSCS, will you have lost the ISA status of the recovered cash, or can you apply to have it reinstated when you take out a new cash ISA with a different bank?
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We don't want to just find out what the best Celebrations chocolate is, we want the definitive order from best to worst. Can anything top the Malteser? Is a Milky Way better than a Mars? And is a Snickers really worse than a Bounty? Let us know in this year's Christmas poll.
Many mortgage lenders are cutting tracker and variable rates for existing customers as the dust settles on the Bank of England's decision to cut the base rate from 4% to 3.75% just days ago. If you're on one of these types of mortgages, here's what's happening to your rate.
Octopus Energy customers on fixed tariffs WILL see the proposed '£150 energy saving' announced in the Autumn Budget passed on to their bills, the provider has announced. Martin Lewis has been lobbying the Government in recent weeks to ensure the savings aren't just applied to those on standard variable tariffs, but to all fixes too.
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