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Re: Old Style Daily Thursday 19 February 2026
Morning everyone I thought I'd posted yesterday and was a bit puzzled as to where it had gone - still sitting waiting for me to press send! I have some jobs to do this morning, then I have a mee…14 -
Re: ACI Updraft
If you are asked to make a payment, it will be for three years. It could still be cheaper than repaying your debt. But until you really know what that is after affordability claims, and calculate may…1 -
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
