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For some meal deal fans, it's the best time of the year! The usual offerings are being replaced with this year's selection of creative Christmas alternatives. Christmas dinner sandwiches, pulled pork wraps, brie and cranberry baguettes and sides of pigs in blankets in pastry. There's weird combinations and old favourites…
For those of you who are chocolate lovers, this week's poll is seeking your votes on how you like your confectionary treat... or more specifically, what temperature? Does it taste better a little on the chilled side, or do you prefer a more melty experience with a room temperature choccie? Fridge or cupboard? Or is there…
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There's no IHT to pay on gifts between spouses. If I give my wife £6k does it immediately become hers to use as she sees fit? I'm thinking about giving her the money so she can then use it as her £3k x 2 years allowance to give to our daughter.
We've been with Virgin for at least 12 years but I think it may be time to head to pastures new... Our current contract expires in a couple of weeks and it's price will go from £68 to £82. Online we have a renewal quote of £60 if we sign up for two years but it leaps up quite a bit in April 26 and April 27. So I used the…
I just wondered, as the (US) markets continue to forge ahead, if anyone has switched funds in their pensions to a more conservative position? I have all of my DC pot in the Vanguard Lifestyle 80:20 fund, but increasingly feel a correction is coming. Should I move a proportion into cash or leave well alone? (I don't need to…
Just switched from Octopus Energy to another of the large ‘big six’ established energy suppliers. Have come across a new potential and massive potential waste of IHDs that may be being sent to landfill prematurely resulting in customers being encouraged or feeling their only solution is to pay for extortionately priced…
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It's October... Do you think it's too early for retailers to be rolling out their Christmas Meal Deals? Or do you think now is the perfect time to release those festive options?
If you want your Christmas food shop delivered to your door, you'll need to pounce to get your preferred slot. Supermarkets including Asda and Waitrose are now taking bookings, and there's a trick to get early access at Sainsbury's and Tesco.
The State Pension is set to go up by 4.8% from April 2026 under what's known as the 'triple lock' guarantee – though the exact monetary increase you'll get depends on which version of the State Pension you receive.
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