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Re: DCB Legal Court Claim - Smart Parking - Told on phone matter was settled / Missing 2nd PCN
Hi, The MCOL has a line limit of 112 which is restrictive. So I had to condense the points. I'd used the template from yourself posted on 31 July 2023. I looked at that template, and updated it …1 -
Re: Low Earner's Pension Payment - the snail approaches its destination
Yes I'm sure about that. It's the tax relief they would have got if their contribution had been paid into a (hypothetical) relief at source defined contribution pension pot, except it hasn&…1 -
Re: Low Earner's Pension Payment - the snail approaches its destination
Thanks @DRS1. The LITRG link, which I wasn't aware of, is below. It was last updated on 6th April 2026 https://www.litrg.org.uk/pensions/paying-pensions/tax-relief-pension-contributions/pension-…3 -
Re: Barclays £200 switch offer for opening a Bank Account (09/06/2026 to 27/08/2026)
For anyone still planning on doing this one, although the closing date is today, there is a grace period of one day to start your switch.1 -
Re: Coventry BS bids for the Co-op Bank
Well said @Stuart_W. I shifted my banking to the Co-op Bank in the wake of the financial crisis, attracted by the idea they were a bit different from the shysters on display elsewhere in the sector. …9 -
Re: Santander ID and income check
I think the article was trying to say (at least in part) that the money is going from multiple Post Offices /convenience stores etc to multiple mule accounts (where people get a small cut for forward…1 -
Re: What is the best way to sell old silver coins?
Thanks for that, I will just add that Google Lens (the camera icon in the search bar of the Google app) is astonishingly good at identifying all manner of things, I have found it brilliant with 19th …2 -
Re: Santander ID and income check
I'm stuck too, (joint account) we transfer money from elsewhere each month to cover direct debits and bills, as the account is used for household expenditure. There's no option for showing …1 -
Re: Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
I got the August V5 2 days ago, only to miss the much cheaper August v1 the next day. Now on V6. Remember you can switch tariffs penalty free during the 14 day cooling period.3 -
Re: Very hot CPU on laptop.
When you removed the SSD and rebooted, the processor should not be hot it should be cool in fact it should be cold because it's not doing anything much. You may have a motherboard problem https:…1
