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Re: Help needed for an old guy please!
I too am a pensioner and age is just a number, it's just navigating around this site and trying to find things is challenging for me as I have a learning disability. I do however appreciate your…3 -
Re: You can gift any amount, prove me wrong
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81859980#Comment_81859980 No. The care needs are not met throughout. If the Council assess that care is required but does not fund because the …4 -
Re: You can gift any amount, prove me wrong
With regards to deliberate deprivation of assets, the local authority would have to prove that there was a reasonably foreseeable chance of needing care at the time the money was gifted and that it w…1 -
Re: £43k DMP?
Yep - almost all credit card debt. MBNA, Tesco, Halifax, Santander, Virgin - I wasn't picky :-) i think most of the 0% interest periods ended last year. Being frank, I've gone from earning …1 -
Re: You can gift any amount, prove me wrong
" I agree deprivation would almost certainly be found and notional capital applied. My point wasn’t that this has no impact, but that the impact is on assessment and choice, not that care is ref…3 -
Re: You can gift any amount, prove me wrong
" family member with £250k estate, considering gifting ~10% per year each to two family members while fit and independent. " Legally, anyone can gift anyone any amount they wish. Is the £25…3 -
Re: You can gift any amount, prove me wrong
I think if the council count the gift as deprivation of assets they won't pay for any care because they count the money you have given away as still yours and expect you to use it to pay for you…2 -
Re: Cant have ev car or solar panels or gas or heat pump!
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81858871#Comment_81858871 And what about the 1,000 people in the survey who measured and reported on their energy usage? Are they all wrong?1 -
Re: Cant have ev car or solar panels or gas or heat pump!
@MattMattMattUK "Heat pump is the same or cheaper than other alternative options for domestic fuel" Founder of Ecotricity Dale Vince doesn't agree with you... https://www.aol.co.uk/new…1 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Bit late today, it was Blood Test Day, then onto Morries for a shuffle round There are a few more bits in the garden area, a moment off foolishness & I have bought my annual pack of Norwegian sty…6
