We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Best Of
-
Re: 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
Hello. I'm back from 10 days in sunny Spain, which actually, for the last three days was cooler than here! But we had lovely consistently sunny days with a gentle sea breeze and wonderful mild e…6 -
Re: NHS pension: what should I do?
These comments are really interesting. Yes, that’s was the big dilemma. Big lump sum gives more up front money, useful for early retirement decisions in the ‘go go’ years whilst also reducing the 40%…2 -
Re: Cash ISAs: The Best Currently Available List
I have been with Saffron since their old Saffron Walden, Herts and Essex days - they used to have a very useful branch in east London in Stratford. I sort of stay with them out of habit but I haven…1 -
Re: Lamborghini, world cruise, annuity ... or something else?
Not sure about a world cruise, but we’ve just been on our first ever cruise to the Norwegian fjords. If you’ve never been, I’d heartily recommend it. Stunning scenery. I was a bit of a cruise skeptic…1 -
Re: New roof, membrane and tiles and spray foam
As to cost a 3 bed detached house built in the 80s near us recently had the roof tiles removed and the foam cut away. new rockwool insulation in the loft. Then new felt and most old tiles replaced wi…1 -
Re: Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
Just binned most of an Aldi net of Easy Peeler oranges from South Africa, variety looks from the label to be "Clementuz". With just one exception they were all hard dry flesh and white pith…3 -
Re: Smart Parking, DCB Legal, LoC 2025
It's not quite over & out. We can't count your win yet. You know what we need to see, from when you read @Umkomaas'thread…4 -
Re: DCBL claim / Smart Parking Court claim 2025 advice
Great, that'll never be needed because DCB Legal won't pay the hearing fee in July. Twiddle your thumbs. No ringing up anyone about Mediation. Sit tight.1 -
Re: UKCPS NtK No Stopping Charge- Leeds Station
Far too long and reads like ChatGPT wrote it as that first paragraph is almost unreadable, it's such word soup! Does the POC allege 'no stopping'? This (below) is the only useful &…2 -
Re: Is retirement boring?
I think it might be helpful to consider whether retirement is satisfying, rather than whether it is boring. There are many, many, things that can be done even in a very local area. However, most of t…4

