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Whether it's buying a new item, picking up a secondhand bargain or repairing something you already own, the MSE Forum has MoneySaving wisdom for you. Here's our roundup of some of this week's top topics. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2026/02/forum-highlights-20-02-2026/ Seen something on the Forum we should…
When something inevitably gets damaged or stops working, some of us might be knowledgeable (or brave) enough to sort it ourselves while others might prefer to get a pro to do the job. But if we're being honest, a few of us will likely leave it for as long as possible before doing anything. What's your first reaction when…
Cleaning, tidying and home improvements have been among this week's big themes on the MSE Forum: from choosing a vacuum cleaner to what to do all those allen keys that come with flatpack furniture. Read on for more of the latest MoneySaving discussions.…
I posted a few weeks ago about my dodgy condensate pump and I'm still battling with it. Our boiler is in an interior pantry and the pump sends the water up to the attic and outside. The pump keeps getting stuck on and it's baffling me. Sometimes it empties just fine, then other times it just keeps running until the whole…
Hi, I'm 55 and have been self employed for the last 2 years but have not yet put anything into a pension. I have a modest final salary pension pot of about £85k from a previous job and several small pots totalling about £8k. I expect my tax liability for 25/26 to be around £3-£5k Can I take drawdown from my existing…
My wife had a recent PCN from UKPA at Almondvale West in Livingston (Scotland). A notorious retail park with one car park split in half, one part pay and display and the other part is ANPR and ticket machines/app. In her case, the nearest pay machine wasn't working and the next one she went to was for the wrong half of the…
My mum is 68 and has around £3,600 in a small Vanguard private pension. Her only income is: The full State Pension (which counts as taxable income) [EDIT: £11,973 per year as a single woman] Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (which does not count as taxable income) She has no other income or pensions, no pension credit,…
Imagine your entire business model is based on offering a piece of software to your customers and charging millions of dollars a year for it. Well now 1 person in a couple days can use Anthropic's Claude code and recreate your entire software business for a few hundred bucks in compute power… I can't possibly see how these…
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