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Coming off the grid. What if 1 million households stopped taking gas and electric from October?
Could you live without mains electricity or gas? I’m thinking I could live using 12v or 5v battery storage and use a log burner for heat. Having saved £3400 a year on electric and gas supply, could we all cease taking Ofgem provided energy service. Go back to my grand parents time when you rented your battery from the…
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petition for people on PIP and all other disability benefits to get £650 pay
The online petition states that all disabled people and unpaid carers should receive the payment . https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/617425
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Half Price Deal: SeatStix - walking poles that convert into seat
I posted about these guys a few weeks ago when they ran a competition, now they are running a Kickstarter to launch their new product. It's a pair of Walking/Trekking Poles that convert into a seat, they look like a really good idea. I've backed them and bagged a pair for my outdoors adventures. I can't post links but go…
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COMPLAINTS LINES SHOULD BE FREE
It's one thing to have a good reason to complain to companies for whatever reason but to then have to foot the bill for the telephone call is absurd. IF you telephone a company regarding issues in most cases you a) pay for the call, b) offer them free valuable market research, c) give your time for free whilst the person…
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Government stops sending misleading 'save £290 switching energy' notices, after MSE intervenes
The Government has told MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) it will stop sending out letters with envelopes wrongly advising people to switch energy tariff after MSE revealed that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had sent the misleading advice to 10 million people. Read the full story: Government stops sending misleading…
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Keep cash alive
As we have been able to frequently read in the National press (and has been my experience), many places (be it restaurants, hotels or shops), are starting to refuse to accept cash as a method of payment. I know this is their right to do so. However, it completely alienates a large section of our population, can make…
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Consumers' Union
Does anybody else find themselves caught in the middle and having to act as unpaid problem solver, going back and forth between two companies when neither will take responsibility for a fault or whatever has affected you, their customer? I have been through this with two large organisations for 3 weeks and counting now and…
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Why is it we have to pay for child social care in your council tax even if you dont have any kids?!
Does anyone else agree with me that this seems very unfair? It equates to just over £1000 of my council tax bill for 2022/23. Why should I pay for something that I will never use? Lets campaign for this to be removed from the bills of childless households!!!!
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Regulation against cowboy builders - why doesn't it exist?
I'm not sure if this has already been discussed elsewhere on the forum (please point me in the right direction if so), but I've recently had a run of bad luck with builders, and the more I learn about the industry, the more I'm baffled by the lack of regulation and enforcement of existing standards. Anyone can set…
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Statutory Sick Pay should equal Minimum Wage for the employed
It seems that quite a lot of large profitable companies only offer a lot of their staff the legal bare minimum when it comes to sick pay, and I'm sure they think they can justify this with eyewatering sums of expenditure... but I'm sure their figures pale into insignificance compared to their annual profits. Trying to…
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Scam ads to be included in Online Safety Bill
Scam ads are to be included in the Government's Online Safety Bill, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced. It's a win for campaigners, including MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) and its founder Martin Lewis, who had called to get fraudulent advertising included in the new rules. Read the full story…
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Pension & other benefits over payment on death death....
The government routinely send out letters to next of kin & executors to recoup overpayment of pensions & benefits after a death which most people repay (including myself, refunded £500) but if the death is registered within the 5 day legal requirement & the tell us once service is used, is not legally enforceable & is just…
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Turn your steps into trees...
You can convert your steps into trees, by downloading the Treekly app (it's in conjunction with a campaign by ASDA money, link below) and they plant a tree for
every week you walk more than 5,000 steps 5 out of 7 days.…
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Winter Fuel Allowance
Winter fuel allowances are paid to over 60,s irrespective of their financial position.Would it not be better to means test this so that only those that are financially struggling get the allowance.With the upcoming massive increases due from April this money could be re-directed to those that need it most.There must be…
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One-click energy switching
Have just read about British Gas using one-click switching to a new tariff via email and believe the regulator must stop this immediately. My experience of this is with ScottishPower, who also used this approach. I believe the consumer's expectation is that clicking on the email will take you to the energy provider's…
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Beware SorelleUK and their ILLEGAL returns policy
My daughter bought goods online for £79.04 from SorelleUK. When the goods arrived she saw that the quality was TERRIBLE, cheap and nasty. She returned them - UNWORN - within the 14 day cooling off period she is given by Law. She requested - as per the Law - a complete refund. Sorelle ignored the request and gave her a…
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HOME PHONE & BROADBAND PROVIDERS
Now that the Insurance Industry must offer the same rates to new and existing customers it would be great if the same regulation is applied to Home Phone and Broadband providers. Their prices are becoming un-affordable if you need to stay with the company offering the best coverage while new customers are offered far…
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Finding which courier a website is going to use while you can back out of making the order
Most areas people have couriers that are good and couriers who are bad. Unfortunately most of the time they only tell you which courier they are going to use after you've purchased the item. This was brought home to me after ordering from Next and finding they are going to use MyHermes to deliver the parcel, who really…
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DFS Faulty Sofa..... shocking after sales
I purchased a corner sofa this year, had a 14 week wait. It turns up mid October and its faulty. The corner section is higher than the end sections, a head rest is wonky and the recliner is unsupported and feels squeaky and like you are sitting on the floor. I called and emailed the store took 2/3 weeks for someone to…
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Martin Lewis, Sir Richard Branson, Deborah Meaden and other public figures issue plea to the PM
Fourteen trusted household names, public figures and celebrities - Martin Lewis, Sir Richard Branson, Deborah Meaden, Duncan Bannatyne, Rob Brydon, Dawn French, Bear Grylls, Peter Jones, Lorraine Kelly, Davina McCall, Phillip Schofield, Bradley Walsh, Robbie Williams and Holly Willoughby - have signed an open letter to the…