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Our Household lost our entire income in 24 hours..
I just wanted to share my story and maybe be open to some advice, despite feeling as if I have exhausted every avenue now. On the weekend of 14th March, I was visiting family in London, this was the weekend where everything regarding Covid-19 seemed to step up a level. I returned home on March 15th and woke up for work on…
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Checking on unoccupied property
Hi there, Bit of an odd one! We're going through probate and selling my grandmothers house due to her death in January. The house is 120 miles from us and for insurance purposes, needs to be checked on once a week. There are no neighbors near by who can check on it (all elderly!) If anything happens to the house, we are…
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Barclays partner finance
I am at the end of my tether, I'm trying to contact barclays and have been on hold for a over an hour they try to direct you to the contact page on their website but there is no email to contact them and they keep directing me back to the same number as before. Having read the reviews on trust pilot I have lost all…
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Airbnb
Hi I am looking for some advice on how to move forward with this please. My brother was due to get married in july this year. In september 2019 we booked accommodation through Airbnb. A deposit was requested but we decided to pay half the bill at a cost of £430.90. I feel very silly now for doing so. Unfortunately the…
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my employer won't furlough me
me and my husband work for the same company, he is a supervisor and I'm a driver. my 84 year old dad came to stay with us at Christmas when he was discharged from hospital, due to him moving to a different area he needed a new GP this was arranged on Christmas eve, I dropped my work down to 3 days to care for him. he has…
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Virgin Atlantic Refunds
Hi All, our flight to San Francisco got cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis. I have asked Virgin for a refund and they have told me that it will take up to 90 days to process and appear in my account. This is totally disgusting behavior, especially at this time when people are being financially tested and the person who…
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Arcadia Group / Furlough Offer
My wife works for Arcadia group and like a lot of companys was temp laid of on the 20th March, she has been paid until the 4th April then after this we have to wait. Arcadia are yet to say if they are taking the Furlough scheme and not providing their employees with any further updates. Does anyone know why they wouldnt…
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Self Employed: Will any Universal Credit received be deducted from the Government 80% Grant
I am Self Employed and in June I can apply for the Government Grant of 80% of what I earned on average over the previous 3 tax years. If I apply for Universal Credit now to tie me over until I receive the grant, I assume the amount I received from Universal Credit will be deducted from the above Government Grant. Please…
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Can My Work Mate Be Placed On Furlough
Hi, Just trying to get some advice for a work mate. His daughter is severely disabled, her school has closed so needs care at home. His wife is a key worker and he is considered essential so is still working. My question is, can he be placed on furlough even though he is showing no symptoms? Work has pretty much dried up…
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Hotel lockdown
Hi, My wife and I went on an All-inclusive holiday with Jet2 Holidays to Lanzarote earlier in the month. The first week was OK, but for the second week we were confined to our rooms and only allowed out for meals. The bars and pool were shut and there was no entertainment. We travelled back on the flight we were due to…
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POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT
Hi my father has a post office card account, and has set in motion to have it paid into his bank, but because of this recent crisis it's going to take a long time to happen, so, his money is in his post office card account, we are both on complete lockdown, due to both of having medical issues, we have no family that live…
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Pay reduction
hi my partner works in construction and his site is still open, only a handful of people on it. His employer has sent a letter asking them to take a 20% pay cut, and keep working, they have given no further details yet, but the lads on site are worried about what happens if they agree to this and then are furloughed, then…
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Company wont put employees on Furlough
I work for a very well known UK brand and have been temporally laid off due to the Covid-19 crisis. I've just been told that the company wont be putting its employees on furlough and wont be applying for the governments Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme with no valid reason given. As you can imagine this is causing much…
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Student Rentals in Sept 202
Hi All, I am forward planning, if both sons cannot return to uni in September, given the current ongoing climate, and also if the uni’s continue to only teach online is there a way to protect us having to pay for student rentals even though my son’s won’t be in the property? Both sons have a rental agreement from Sept 2020…
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Voluntary pay cut reversible?
Hi folks, quick question. I agreed to a voluntary pay cut to reduce my hours and salary to 80% from the 16.3.20 for the next 3 month. I was let go from the company on the 18.3.20 with a weeks pay until 25.3.20 ( I was in probation period) my question is if I can revoke the pay cut for the time 16.3-25.3 due to the fact…
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Eligible for Furlough or not?
Hi, sorry for as new thread but I cannot seem to find an answer to a specific set of circumstances. My wife left her job of 17 years on 19th February 2020 and started new job on 9th March 2020. She was then made redundant 10 days later due to the current situation. We realise that she wasn't on the payroll on the 28th…
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Credit Notes Versus Refunds
Martin Lewis recently mentioned on Radio 5 Live that in the current circumstance and if you can afford, it was in the best interests of everyone to accept a credit note when offered instead of a refund. However, there was no mention of where the consumer stands if they accept a credit note and the company later goes bust.
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Key workers
Just wandering if anyone can help. My daughter works in a care home. Some of the residents and a member of staff have been infected with the corona virus. My daughters partner has sever asthma and she is worried if she refuses to go to work because she is classed as a key worker she may loose her job. Can the company do…
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Forceable work.
Hi all, as we all know with this Coronavirus about, people have been told off the PM that electronic stores, clothes stores etc would be closed for 3 weeks, as we're not key workers. Roll on a week later, I work for EE as a sales advisor, who are currently making us travel to go back to working in store, or have our pay…
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Universal credit query
If you are self employed and have had your universal credit sorted. Are you allowed to look for a PAYE job with these credits or will that “null and void” it and possibly result in having to repay them if I was to do this? thanks
