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Re: Travel insurance when awaiting medical investigations
I had a similar situation in March, awaiting results for something thankfully not serious, but as it was 'undiagnosed' my then insurer wouldn't cover me at all and cancelled my policy.…1 -
Re: Teetering on the brink
Terrible night. In too much pain to sleep and need to get up soon to take dd2 to final ortho appointment. I should probably say no but I know how much she wants me there so on this occasion I am goin…5 -
Re: 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
PK - lovely to see you again but sorry to hear your sad news. Go steady.3 -
Re: Experience of transferring an old Defined Benefit pension to a current employers scheme
Any reason why you’re not doing it the other way around i.e. drawing for three years from the second pension until you can draw the guaranteed income from the first at 60?1 -
Re: Experience of transferring an old Defined Benefit pension to a current employers scheme
Searching the forum, most of the entry's are at least 5 years old. There are quite a few more recent ones. Mostly they have people complaining about the cost. Here's a typical example from …1 -
Re: Frozen Final Salary Pension
The projection has gone down by £600 per annum which came as a surprise as I didn't think this type of pension could go down. Any advice? Yes - read the notes which accompany the statement. That…1 -
Re: How to declare pension contrib to HMRC?
I did similar a few years ago. Basic rate tax was added by HMRC. i.e. I paid in £16K some time later (maybe a few weeks or a couple of months) HMRC pay in 4K. So if your getting close to the limit of…2 -
Re: ISA rates def on the up. Comparison
Although IIRC, the markets around 12 months ago were indicating the same ( or was it 3 cuts ?) and it never happened.2 -
Re: Santander - and maybe other banks requiring renewed verification for mobile banking
Legally it appears that if you deposit money with a UK bank, the bank becomes the owner of that money and you become an unsecured creditor: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-09-15/debates/10…1 -
Re: Co-operative Bank up to £200 switch and stay offer (06/07/2026 to 07/09/2026)
You will get an email stipulating the one month window for your first £25 bonus. Then make sure you do the £1500 in/out, 5 debit card transactions and keep at least 2 direct debits in place, all betw…1
