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Re: Hedging UK Government Risk
HMG cant default, it doesnt have a ring fenced pot of gold. But never mind, the risk always is inflation. The theory AIUI is that Inflation is caused by excessive creation of money beyond the availab…1 -
Re: Southern Water has been billing me for he wrong meter
Interestingly, the same day the man visited to check my meter, I noticed another person from Southern Water checking another resident’s meter and obviously asking them to go in and turn on their tap.…1 -
Re: Hedging UK Government Risk
into the safety of the highly regarded London banking system. Or the very secure property market ( in legal ownership terms) I think some people reading the media get the idea that the UK is some kin…1 -
Re: Hedging UK Government Risk
Again you misunderstand how (inter)national economics works. UK companies buying foreigh goods dont take a pile of $s, Euros etc from a central national holding of foreign currency. Instead they buy …4 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
On seeing your good news, I decided to have a look at my account, nothing! That balances out any optimism your post may have created.1 -
Re: Triple lock increase for April 2027 is 3.9% (probably)
The IFS has published a chart on what they believe the new pension triple lock would look like.3 -
Re: HSBC £220 switch offer for opening a Bank Account (15/06/2026 to TBC)
I've been noticing this with a lot of banks, not just HSBC, especially in the switching offers threads. They seem to be employing people in "customer care" departments to handle compla…3 -
Re: Received a Claim Form from DCB Legal on behalf of Euro Car Parks
it’s 14 days before the court date., which is after the date DCB legal need to pay their fees.1 -
Re: APCOA PCN Manchester Airport Drop-off
Your chances are very good as long as the driver's identity is never revealed. Appeal to APCOA using the template in blue text from the sticky Announcement for NEWBIES, and add a one liner that …6 -
Unsuccessful POPLA outcome - Next steps?
Hi. I'm continuing from my comments in the main POPLA thread. Here are the details of the decision. Decision: Unsuccessful Assessor Name: Danielle Murphy Assessor summary of operator case: The o…1
