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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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Hi all Early in the year I took out an annual Holiday insurance policy with Zurich. Six months later, whilst booking a holiday on the website Booking.com I clicked the box to take out insurance (Axa) (forgetting that I already had an annual policy in place). Unfortunately, in August I slipped and broke a bone in my back. I…
Hello, everyone has always been so helpful on here in the past and so posting a request for a friend. They are 59 and worked for a few years in a school and so have a Deferred LGPS pension with a transferable value of just under £24,000. They decided to request the full amount as a lump sum under the trivial commutation…
I did my research, found a dog sitter with 500+ glowing online reviews to live in my house for a week while we're on Holiday, and booked them in via a Portal. Since then, I've come across info that they've been fined in court for various minor things, which made me uncomfortable, but to give them the benefit of the doubt,…
It's worth noting that if you decided to leave O2 due to the additional price increase and you have Vigin Media linked, you may lose some of the features such as additiinal broadband speed etc.
I am resident in the UK but I have a holiday home in Spain. My notary in Spain has made an Escritura de Poder Especial, or Power of Attorney, to cover my property and finances in Spain, naming as my attorneys my daughter and son-in-law, who are resident in the UK. The Spanish notary has told me that I need to register the…
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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?
In a new report published today (Saturday 25 October), the Treasury Committee has urged the Government to leave the £20,000 limit in place – echoing previous calls from MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis.
Almost half a million workers will soon see their hourly pay rise thanks to an increase in the 'real living wage' – a voluntary employers' pay scheme based on the cost of living.
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