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Chancellor John Healy has delivered the Government’s latest Budget, revealing various measures like the scrapping of Gas Standing Charges, a boost to national minimum wage and a freeze on fuel duty. You can find a list of the announcements on MSE News along with Martin’s reactions Will the Budget be a boon to your finances…
For two decades MoneySavers have been encouraging one another via the MSE Forum to put aside spare change in the year-long Sealed Pot Challenge. This week Forumites broke open those pots and counted the contents. Read on for more on that and the rest of the week's discussions.…
It's nearly time for trick-or-treaters, spooky decorations and lots of sweets - if you're into that sort of thing. Are you planning to spend on pumpkins, costumes and party bits, or prefer to let Halloween pass by without a fuss? Vote in the poll below then share your thoughts in the thread!
Hi,saw an article which basically said that paying cash was not best option as they'll offer better discounts when supplying finance. Which sounds true. It then recommended to sign up for finance, get discounts, and use 14 day legal right to cancel and pay off original loan amount. Is this true/legally correct? Any clauses…
A couple of years back, my son treated himself to a one-year-old Tesla Model 3 Performance straight from Tesla. Since then, he's had absolute rotten luck with other people crashing into him: Incident 1: Rear-ended at a red light by an uninsured driver on his mobile in his mum's BMW (£5k claim including hire car). Incident…
I'm trying to get my head around the new Pension Tax Allowance (PTA), the new higher savings tax rate and the Starting Rate for Savings (SRfS) for next year. Consider a pensioner on the full State Pension of £13,036.40. The difference between the pension and the personal allowance is £286.40, so the SRfS allowance is…
Hi all. Thanks for all you do on this forum. I've been following advice up to now, and I've read post #2 of the NEWBIES thread plus the first steps in the Template Defence thread, but I have a complication I'd like advice on before I do anything. BACKGROUND Civil Enforcement Ltd in-house claim; no solicitor is named on the…
I have a problem of being overcompetent. My line of work is general office jobs: managing claims and cases, cutting down backlogs, working with data. I've done a lot of jobs - maybe 100 jobs - and I'm 38. Most of my recent jobs have been contracts, so I market myself as a contractor. It's still really bad and doesn't solve…
MSE has a new tool to help you work out if you're owed compensation for a delayed flight, and to help you draft your claim letter - and we'd like you to take it out for a test flight
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Halifax customers who use mobile and online banking services should move to the Lloyds Bank app before Sunday 1 November. That's because the Halifax app and online banking services will be axed from this date. Here's what you need to know.
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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