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Advice please
Hi any advice much appreciated. My neighbour was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, she has been treated and has found a new lease of life doing Zumba. She lost her job and would like to train to become a Zumba instructor. It costs around £200 which she just does not have. She has raised thousands of pounds over…
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MSE consultation response to the Office of Rail Regulation
The Office of Rail Regulation issued a consultation in September 2014 on ticket selling practices. We have responded to this consultation (3 page PDF). If you have any thoughts on our response, please share them below.
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For BIS to release the due diligence report into student loan sell-off
BIS refuse to release information requested under the freedom of information act relating to selling student loans to a company called Erudio student loans. There may be no report and corruption instead!
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The payment of child benefit to people with children living abroad is not a loophole!
"Rachel Reeves, the shadow work and pensions secretary, said Labour would limit in-work benefits and "end the absurdity" of child benefits going to migrants with kids living abroad." Telegraph, 18 Nov 2014. That sounds rather stupid to me. Her half baked idea could be rather costly. In the 1990s the British government…
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Lock-up rogue bankers !
What do you think of BBC Economics Editor Paul Mason's rant? Mason is pressing to bring criminal charges against those responsible in rigging exchange rates. The video clip is available on the Channel 4 Facebook page (over 1 million views so far).
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MSE consultation response to Ofgem
Ofgem issued a consultation in September 2014 about imposing requirements on white label energy providers. These are companies that work in partnership with an energy supplier to offer tariffs under their own brand (e.g. M&S Energy is a white label of SSE). We have responded to this consultation (4 page PDF). If you have…
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Telecomms mistake - Advice please
Hi, I have been with a telecom provider for at least 36 months, something I can proove to them through my D Debits. They have managed to mix up my account with that of a business account and under the same address I reside at? so they have the same telephone number details for the business and the same address as my…
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Livedrive Auto renewal
I had a one year subscription to Livedrive (cloud storage) through a third party seller. I have come to the end of my contract and now they have auto renewed. However, they do not have any of my payment details and I was not aware of this arrangement. They have stated that there are no refunds, but I have not paid them. I…
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Have your say on the Autumn Statement
The government wants your views on what you would like to see in the Autumn Statement, which takes place on Wed 3 Dec. You can suggest policy changes in any area. The Treasury has set out guidance when making suggestions, some key ones are below: * explain the policy rationale, costs, benefits and how it would be carried…
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Petetion for alice dann to get lifesaving drugs treatment please help...
have just watched southtoday news BBC, there was a story about a woman called alice dunn and a drug treatment for cancer. her consultant wanted her to have which could potentially save her life. It has been refused by nhs funding team due to cost! its damn horrific what if any one of you or your family got cancer told…
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returning items to tesco
After buying a white goods item from tesco i was informed that it was a tesco selling partner so if anything goes wrong then i cant phone tesco i must phone the selling partner. Is this right? surely consumer law states that you take it back to the place you bought it from. Any advice
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petrol prices -ripoff britain
Yet again we are paying over the odds despite oil prices falling per barrel who do we complain to
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Website advertised item cheaper directly to me
My purchase has just arrived for something I ordered online a couple days ago, in the parcel is an advert for the exact item I've just bought but at a lower price from the same site. They must of made a mistake in putting that flyer in with the item but now I can see what it could/should of cost, so I now feel I've been…
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Commons Committee wants Ofcom Issues
Culture-media-and-sport-committee In preparation for a session with Ofcom’s chair and chief executive on the regulator’s performance in the last year and on its current work in 2014/15, interested parties are invited to submit suggestions for issues which might be covered during the Committee’s questioning. Details can be…
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MSE consultation response to Ofgem
Ofgem issued a consultation in August 2014 on domestic third party intermediaries (e.g. Cheap Energy Club) covering Ofgem's Confidence Code (a voluntary code of practice for price comparison websites) and wider consumer issues. We have responded to this consultation (11 page PDF). If you have any thoughts on our response,…
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MSE consultation response to Ofcom
Ofcom issued a call for inputs in July 2014 on consumer switching. MoneySavingExpert.com has responded to this call for inputs (5 page PDF). We conducted a poll on retention offers, which was raised in the call for inputs, and we included the results in our response:…
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MSE consultation response to the FCA
The FCA issued a consultation in July 2014 on setting a price cap on high cost short-term credit (namely payday loans). MoneySavingExpert responded to this consultation (7 page PDF). See our guest comment 'Tell the regulator: has it got payday loan cap right?' for more info. If you have any thoughts on our response please…
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MSE consultation response to the Treasury
The Treasury is conducting an independent review of the Money Advice Service and it issued a call for evidence in July 2014. MoneySavingExpert.com responded to the call for evidence (11 page PDF). We also asked you for your thoughts on the Money Advice Service and to feed these back to the Treasury:…
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Palmer's, the beauty brand, is donating £4 per person, upload a Pink photo of you
You can only do it once and the photo must be in a JPEG, GIF or PNG format, max 5 MB size. The campaign ends at 11:59pm on Sun 30 Nov, if it hasn't made £10,000 by then- we'll update you here when the Breast Cancer campaign ends. :beer: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/palmers :j it's Free :money: Just your time…
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MPs 9% Pay Rise
The proposed post 2015 general election pay rise of 9% for MPs should be scrapped. MPs should have a pay reward calculated as an average of the following main 6 public sector pay review bodies. The Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB), NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB), Prison…
