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Health Visitor
just wondering how often they visit after the first few weeks and 6 week check? LO is 4 months old, had HV on phone this morning to arrange visit re development checks, can't find anything in red book for checks at this age?
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Early years funding in a private nursery
Does anybody know the current level of the Early Years funding for 3-4 year-olds attending a private nursery? I've tried looking on direct.gov but they seem to suggest that the "free 15 hours" no longer has a monetary value. When my son was 3 we used to get around £140 a month knocked off the standard nursery bill, but I'm…
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civil partnership question?
My partner and I have been together for almost 20 years and we are planning a civil partnership later in the year - but we want a quiet do with just us and 2 witnesses. We don't want any fuss as we are mainly doing this for financial reasons/wills/inheritance tax/pensions etc. Making it legal will make no difference to our…
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Would you ask your son to leave home?
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Injuction??
I left my partner due to his violent moods swings when i told him it was over he punched me in face and kicked me while i was down on the floor, i was left with a black eye for a few weeks. I thought that would be the end to it , but he keeps now sending non stop emails and texs, also saying he wants to see me dead rather…
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Tips for getting black marker pen out of school uniforms please!
Well day 4 reception class and my DS has already twice come home with what I think is marker pen on his white polo shirts :eek: Has anyone got any tips on how to get it out- have soaked it all night in vanish with no luck. I presume its marker pen as vanish isn't removing it - it is dense black ( could i guess be a thick…
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Bequests
My sisters and I recieved some money (which was receipted, banked and spent) from a family friend which she left us in her will. Today 7 weeks after the cheques had been dispatched I had a phone call to say that a mistake had been made and that instead of us recieving the full amount each, it was supposed to have been…
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Transferring the tenancy of a council property
The sitution concerns an unmarried couple, who have a very young baby. One of them lived in a council flat before they had the baby, and the other moved in. They have now decided to part company. Am I right in thinking that if the second person is not named on the tenancy agreement, the Council will not transfer the…
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unusable childcare vouchers?
Hi all, my husband was claiming the childcare vouchers from his employer under one scheme and they sent an email round saying that from the next month they were switching to another scheme and he needed to sign up with them instead. So, he signed up with the other scheme but there is a balance of £190 in the other account.…
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Stupid embarassing question alert
Ok, ive put this here because it kind of has to do with family but nowt to do with money saving. I need someone to give me some advice, and I feel really stupid asking to be honest. Im having a recurring nightmare which is about something really horrible, I wake each night because me in the dream is freaking out and im…
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Presents the night before
Our oldest is about to turn 9 on Saturday. Unfortunately both myself and husband are working. They will be coming to work with me until lunch time. My husband will be working 4am till 6pm. We have always opened presents in the morning as a family. Dh is gutted to be missing it. We are thinking of giving him his main…
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Problem with EDF energy.
My new house has a gas meter provided by EDF but the previous tenant had a debt with them, they came out once to clear and reset out the meter so they would stop taking £35 per £50 i put on it. I topped up today £50 of gas and they took another £35 for debt :mad: Rang today and held for 2 hours only to be told they wont…
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Feeling guilty :(
My daughter has just started in Year 1 and will be 6 in March 2012. I'm feeling guilty as its really not going well, I know its only been a week back at school but the massive difference between reception year and year 1 seems to have hit her hard. Every morning she is clinging to me, and I mean really clinging!! She has a…
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Please can anyone help?
Hi to everyone, I'm a new user and not sure if I have come to the right place! Can anybody help me as I'm no legal expert! My mother died in December 2010, leaving me (her last living child), and 12 grandchildren as beneficiaries to quite a small Estate of around £47000. The Executors of the will have received probate (in…
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Employer might be stopping childcare vouchers scheme
Not sure if this is in the right place so apologies if it isn't! I currently salary sacrifice to get childcare vouchers and will be going on maternity leave shortly where I will be entitled to SMP. My employer is aware that they still have to provide childcare vouchers in addition to the SMP so in effect they are "paying"…
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Wills & Probate
I hope someone will point me in the right direction and tell me which is the correct forum to post this question in? I dont see a forum for wills and probate specifically, here goes:- I have the probate to act as executor for a relative who died intestate, I have the letters of administration etc., I have established that…
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Suitable Reward?
I won some money:D So both sons wanted and got Iphone 4 contracts (they don't normally get outwith Birthdays and Christmas). DS2 had his for 4 days and LOST it:eek: Thankfully it had been dropped on the school bus, the driver had picked it up and he has it back:T We are over the moon. Not to sure what the outcome would…
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taking a 5 year old to a JLS concert?
My daughter is obsessed with JLS and I have just seent they are playing a concert here next March, 5 days after her 5th birthday, and was thinking of getting her tickets as a present. Obviously I would get seated tickets so we wouldnt be in the standing crush, but Im not sure if there are age restrictions on concerts or…
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school transport. state of minibus
My youngest gets taken to school by minibus (primary school) and I am concerned about the state of the bus. It is old (S reg 1998) and has a lot of rust on it. All the doors have rust, the back door has holes where it has rusted through. This is a privately owned bus but is contracted by the council for school transport.…
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Does your Secondary school aged child wear a coat to school?
4th day of Secondary school for my eldest and he's set off refusing to wear a coat. He said he would if it was raining, but when I went outisde to show him it was, he said spitting didn't count! 5 mins later after he'd set off it was raining quite heavily. He catches a school bus, but it's a block away from where we live…
