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Re: Learning to walk before I run
Comparisions are useful in that one can learn tips and tricks. Ed, you are the one person I wish I had listened to in my overpaying day. You mentioned I should put more focus on to my personal pensio…6 -
Re: Proof of Class 3 Validity - Working Abroad
There are 2 conditions you must meet to pay at Class 2, rather than Class 3. First you must have been ordinarily an employed, or self-employed, earner until immediately before you left the UK. The em…1 -
Re: Early-retirement wannabe
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81895109#Comment_81895109 it’s standard procedure, none of the pension providers will do what you suggest. The onus is on you. Same as paying £…1 -
Re: Thames Water insane price hiking
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81896233#Comment_81896233 No, but it's not out of the blue. Ofwat reviews pricing every 5 years, occasionally there are exceptional proces…1 -
Re: The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81896172#Comment_81896172 Have they been charging you for the GIA over the last 12 months?1 -
Re: Pension age
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6656595/pension-age She is correct - what "interim payment" were you expecting ? SP age is no longer 66 and her state pension age is 66y 3m.3 -
Re: Pension age
This link may help … State Pension age timetables2 -
Re: Easter 2025 I’m coming to get you!
Made an overpayment of £943 so mortgage is now £14,600. Been messing around with spreadsheets and calculations. I would like to get this under £10k by October and maybe use my savings around April/Ma…1 -
Re: Easter 2025 I’m coming to get you!
You did well to hold out on the TV as long as you did …😉 Well done on the new start-of-the-mortgage-balance-number 😊👏 KK1 -
Re: Mortgage, Invest or Avoid
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6656586/mortgage-invest-or-avoid I am not sure you are asking the right questions and confusing a lot of different issues. The method of storing money …1
