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Re: Warning about a new ANPR TOLL on Warburton Bridge over Manchester Ship Canal managed by Excel
I have received a response to an FOIA request to DVLA which may be of interest - they have actually not answered the question I asked but have supplied, a heavily redacted, 100 page DPIA from when th…8 -
Re: New Capita-run Civil Service Pension Scheme - problems (what a surprise!)
Hi All I let HR know that I would be retiring and gave them a date of Dec 18th back in the first week of September, I have logged onto Capita's portall to check if there is any notification and …2 -
Re: Changes in your retirement expenditure
Like others, I had tracked and planned expenditure for years before retiring June 2024 at 63.5 yrs. The decision moment came because supporting parents was getting increasingly awkward whilst working…2 -
Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
@leftatthetrafficlights , Nancy Birtwhistle's book Clean and Green is great for recipes for homemade cleaning products and they’re pretty good.14 -
Re: MSE News: Halifax bank brand to be replaced by Lloyds – what it means for you
Not sure if it has already been mentioned, but there is an option in the Lloyds app to redirect Halifax notifications to the Lloyds app.4 -
Re: Locked out of accounts
Your money is locked into an account which you cannot access. You have another account which you can access. When you went to the bank branch and they were unable to help access your account using yo…4 -
Re: Cooking for one (Mark Three)
Fingers crossed there isn’t too much rain until you get your roof fixed Farway. Very chilly start here but I’m managing to get by just using the portable heater to take the chill off the room I spend…3 -
Re: Changes in your retirement expenditure
At band F for Huntingdon, council tax for 2026/7 is around £3600 The highest band is H for which the Westminster council tax is £2100. For the same area of Huntingdon £2100 represents somewhere betwe…3 -
Re: Changes in your retirement expenditure
Going to a three day week I have discovered that I haven't had an issue with spending. A new car, new TV, very expensive coffee machine. As I said, spending is not an issue. When I was working f…2 -
Re: Napier Parking Ltd/BW Legal defence stage
So I had the mediation call at approx 11am today. I was surprised to be honest, as the female mediator that held the call was quite nice, understanding and she almost sounded like she was sympathetic…3

