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Re: Road To Financial Recovery
Tip run completed, feel better that it is done but god the weather is miserable today. There will be some planned spends for eating out later. I think you are right @daisy_1571 at the moment I am jus…4 -
Re: Teetering on the brink
Team beans member post- trying to help. Maybe post a revised picture of where you are up to, in terms of outgoings,income and amounts owed with interest rates. Essentially a new Soa . . Also maybe gi…5 -
Re: Deed of variation
It doesn't need a specific template. Just write a letter and keep a signed copy with your will.1 -
Re: Not a full state pension plus a private pension
What the budget actually said was, note the bits I have put in bold .. "State Pension and Simple Assessment – The government will ease the administrative burden for pensioners whose sole income…3 -
Re: 2026: The Final Year
Today's Little win: The minimum payment has ben paid for the bigger 0% card - £31, so I have removed that from the total. My husband has been so busy a) working and b) doing the DIY at the weeke…1 -
Re: Let's get this sorted then!
Rest and resets are so important at the weekend when you’re so busy during the week. Sounds lovely 😊3 -
Re: Make £2026 in 2026
Have given up on the hope of getting a side hustle teaching English as nothing was coming through. Applied for a job leading tours. Nothing will probably come of that but to be honest I'm not su…1 -
Re: VIRGIN Media - bill more than DOUBLED !
As suggested, just because the alternatives in the past couldn’t match Virgin speed (they were never more reliable or work friendly but in some places were the only option for speed ) but the chances…2 -
Re: VIRGIN Media - bill more than DOUBLED !
Don’t know where you live but we also have 1gb with community fibre (long story) and that’s been very good, and you can get for under £30 a month. It’s been good and v reliable1 -
Re: VIRGIN Media - bill more than DOUBLED !
I am also with Virgin and have been for about 12 years. My current broadband only M125 ends at the end of this month. I’ve been paying £23.66. If I had done nothing it would have gone to just over £5…1
