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Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
There are three very interesting 'Correspondence' documents, dated 12th October 2026, added to the Parliament site. It includes a letter from Capita where they declare that they have met th…1 -
Re: Divorced. House Not selling. Ex Suggested I Buy Them Out for Much Lower than Valuation.
I think you need to step back and identify the problem before getting roped into solutions and offers. Problem: house not selling for ages. Non solution: OP buying the property just kicks the can dow…3 -
TSB £30 cashback?
Spotted this earlier. Has anyone received an email from TSB? TSB customers can get £30 paid easily with three taps2 -
Re: Proof of purchase but no validation
I'm always a bit dubious about these "proof of purchase" angles. What happens if you go to a store and they don't have the item you wanted to buy?7 -
Re: The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
Twice with TCB. I can't remember the exact details, but it was possible at the time to get the cashback again on an existing S&S ISA, so I only ever had one (closed now, which was a rather t…2 -
Re: Considering an annuity with another provider. Is an IFA really needed to do this?
I've been exploring annuities using the Hargreaves Lansdown annuity quotation tool. On transferring around £150,000 from my SIPP into an annuity it would see HL be paid a £4,800 commission. Ouch…1 -
Re: Unoccupied Home Council Tax Bill
OP - are you living in rented accomodation now ? If you bought somewhere new, donl' forget that you will have paid additional SDLT (or the Scottish equivalent) on the purchse of your new home wh…2 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Good point. Capita are at liberty to broadcast their version of the narrative as often as they want and how they want. I have also noticed how their articles on their own site which mention CSP have …2 -
Re: Amazon refuse refund unless I supply ID - They currently have both the item I returned and money
AML compliance has thresholds, from the way the OP has worded this it seems like a not insubstantial sum. Under £500 most are unlikely to care, over £1,000 many do. I have heard on the same online wi…3 -
Re: pension will cost me £100 to receive
It's probably academic at this point? AML checks for existing account holders are not unusual, though as you mention, there are usually triggers (either from the account holder, or the instituti…1
