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Re: help to budget?
Welcome! I normally hang out on the debtfree wannabe board where budgeting is also a thing to do. So I'm used to reading the statement of accounts that we promote there rather than what you have…4 -
Re: DWP-sympathetic but unhelpful
Are you sure you were reading your forecast correctly, a large proportion of the queries like this we get here are simply down to people not reading the forecast correctly or not understanding what i…1 -
Re: 2026 - consolidation and calm
DH thought I was being harsh when I said little jwil couldn't go on the PS as a result. It's easy for him to say when he wasn't in the slightest bit inconvenienced this morning! Lack o…5 -
Re: Nationwide New Look
The only time really in the last 5-6 years I had cause to go int branch was for something that genuinely couldn't be resolved on the phone - a typo in my name on an account that needed to be sor…1 -
Re: Nationwide New Look
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81914799#Comment_81914799 Yes, it's really bizarre and particularly from a big player. The only other moderately large bank I can think of…3 -
Re: Home ownership and UC
To respond to a couple of comments, they had to buy the house as it was written in the will that that's what the money ws to be used for, i presume to give them financial/living security in the …2 -
Re: The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for March & 2026 :)
9/27 for me today please. The cravings didn't reappear today.3 -
Re: The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for March & 2026 :)
5/10 AFDs please@cathybird3 -
Re: Best charity shops for more expensive items...
Many thanks for the replies and thoughts. Regarding the last point, the cause is important to be which them already narrows down the field. I've not had a chance to pick this up again yet, but w…1 -
Re: Parking stories in the News/media
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69aea64a671a8a924c83ee85/injunction_application_judgment.pdf The good things: Must have cost ECP a lot of money so far Their protests were refused More …6
