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"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Shh! Quiet down or everyone will want one." Badum-tsh (thank you, I'm here all week) Whether it's an unwanted insect interloper or something else entirely, it can be disappointing to be dining out only to have a meal marred by a mistake. While some of us might flag it to the…
How do you organise your savings? This week Forumites have been discussing the merits of different approaches to saving for specific goals. Read on for more on that – and the rest of the week's MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
What's been going on in the MSE Forum this past week? Let's explore some of the topics that have generated debate and MoneySaving insight. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
This diary is going to be my typed up journey to mortgage freedom. I begin a new job in the New Year and the mortgage roughly equates to 46K. I have projects that need doing around the flat such as flooring and kitchen, I will be earning £1950 after tax per month roughly speaking and I also will need a car fund soon.…
Hi, I've been trawling through the website and Forum for some help but haven't quite found the right thing... plus some conflicting advice. I'm hoping this community can provide some help from their experience to navigate me through this minefield! I have a 'normal' credit card, a 'balance transfer' card, Paypal Credit…
Hi all, I wondering if I could grab some advice from you good people. Quick summary I was issued with a PCN for parking in a private car park for a air BnB we were staying in in 06/2022, the car park was key accessed and the flat had an allocated parking space, we hadn't realised until the next day that there was a permit…
Hi All, Received N1 from DCBL (date of issue 15/07). Used MCOL for AOS. Now drafting defence. Curious as to whether anyone would be of help as my defence doesn't look promising from the outset. My defence would comprise three limbs:1) Employee of company (hotel) that was exempt from purcashing parking tickets at the time.…
I'm a 58 year old currently receiving c £40k pa from a DB pension. I pay 20% income tax on the element of this pension over my £12,570 personal allowance. I qualify for a full state pension of c £12k pa when I reach age 67. I also have a DC pension which I'm yet to access of c £125k. I feel it would be prudent to start to…
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