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Re: Not Getting as Much State Pension as Expected
Half the problem is that most people have never understood ( nor needed to understand at the time, because it often happened automatically) what exactly "contracting out" of SERPS/SSP meant…8 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Soot and my Ginger Cat are two of a kind - GC also thinks the sound of the vitamins bottle is the sound of cat food - even though nothing he gets ever sounds like that. Your stories always sound so f…5 -
Re: Pick'n'Mix - the joy of the chaz in '26!
@Miró ideal to wear as in the photo too when one has a bit of colour on one's legs!3 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
Thank you Spendless, I really appreciate your time in posting. I think DD is enjoying the course and as it is one of the few places in the UK that offers this course, I think she would want to stay (…1 -
Re: Parking stories in the News/media
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81888019#Comment_81888019 I'm delighted every time I see a different article about this :)6 -
Re: Normal expenditute out of income Vs Carehome deprivation of assets
Please note you can’t backdate excess income payments, as this is now money from capital, (in this case held in ISAs) and not from income. I appreciate the ISAs have built up from surplus income in p…2 -
Re: From debt to freedom...
Thank you Spendless and Cherryfudge. I’ve sown 2 or 3 lots of rhubarb seeds over the last couple of years. Germination has been quite good but takes a while. I have been known to put the seed tray at…2 -
Re: 2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution
Selection of old papers and bits of wood decluttered from the side of the settee where they had been waiting to be burned on the log burner. It's out of action atm because the last time I lit it…17 -
Re: What tools did you use to track and manage your house or flat hunt?
We just used Rightmove. Pretty much all property in our area is on there. We were only looking in a small area for a fairly fixed set of criteria so our pool of houses to choose from wasn't huge…2 -
Re: Payment a Day - Chapter 2026
Back with my own PAD of just £5 to savings today LMD x1
