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Re: Highway drainage in 2026
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81890592#Comment_81890592 Not the fault of the water companies though.1 -
Re: Can employer discipline employee for standard of driving off site
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81890478#Comment_81890478 Why not give us your opinion then?1 -
Re: Outgoing export on Octopus going down
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81888527#Comment_81888527 Spoken like a politician. My bill has gone up from the standing charge. My 'income' has gone down, except i…1 -
Re: Are State Pension payments split between FY25/26 and FY26/27?
First of all, I cannot see where they get that Total Estimated Income from for 2025-2026 of 15,164…… Because the actual purple and pink coloured bars right underneath that are correct! You have 3401 …1 -
Re: Are State Pension payments split between FY25/26 and FY26/27?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81889568#Comment_81889568 @greyhoundwalker You assumed wrongly about the savings starter rate band. If your only taxable income was £10,460 it …1 -
Re: Are State Pension payments split between FY25/26 and FY26/27?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81890046#Comment_81890046 @greyhoundwalker The £15,164 isn't your private pension income. It is your estimated total income. Pensions (inc…1 -
Re: Going for DMP, Should i still pay the cards that are within the balance transfer promotion window?
I agree, a dmp is a long term strategy to sort things once and for all. There's no point delaying some of them now only for them to become unaffordable in a year or twos time. You'll be cha…1 -
Re: Going for DMP, Should i still pay the cards that are within the balance transfer promotion window?
You are doing a dmp because you cannot afford the contractual payments. So stop paying, save an emergency fund, move banking to somewhere that you don't have debt and wait for the defaults1 -
Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 19 February 2026
morning everyone it’s grey damp and miserable but hubby has gone to play golf it’s the first time this year the course has been dry enough I’m pleased to see the back of him he’s had a face like a sm…12 -
Re: 'Template' defence suggestion - NB: ultimately, your choice of defence wording is your own
Yes is the answer… ...but this thread should not be 8 pages long! EDIT - now 7 as I have removed all my older posts except 1 and 2. I am (later this week) going to get every chat removed from this th…2

