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Which? Legal Service offers free will
Just announced: if you join Which? Legal Service @ £43pa, you get a free will (for an individual or a couple). Protect your loved ones with a FREE will Simply call 01992 878 326. to subscribe to Which? Legal Service for just £43 and get your FREE Which? Will Want to make sure your estate goes to the right people when you…
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Saga freebies - Magazine and Alfie Bow signed CD
Win a signed copy of Trust by Alfie Boe and if you follow them on twitter @SagaUK and retweet any tweet that has #WinWithSaga you can get a free subscription to their magazine :T:T:T
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My mum made a will with free wills month and has received a will with errors & a Bill
My mum has been saying for a while she needed to update her will but couldn't afford to so, when I heard about free wills month I suggested she use that especially as it was in our area in October. Anyway, she booked an appointment with a solicitor during free wills month and told them when she booked and also when she…
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can we give are kids are home
me and my wife are both 70 and in pretty good health,are two sons one 44 other 42 live with us and have all there lives,the question is if we go into care will they be turfed out of there home to pay for are care,we have no savings and own are home,thanks
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Denied a social worker in Wales - Is this normal?
Our neighbours, a couple in their 70s, are both ill, one has terminal cancer and the other has mental health problems. Due to their deteriorating health their daughter who lives overseas has returned to the UK for a week to try to assist in establishing a new living arrangement for one or both of them. She has been…
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Regret number of kids?
I would love to hear opinions of over 50s on whether their lives would be better or worse now if they had more or less kids. I'm wondering whether to have a third and while of course there are the obvious money and time factors what I'd really like to know is what it might be like as we become an older couple; would 2…
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Fluorescent Lighting
My neighbour has this light fitting in bathroom and it flickers when turned on at night time, but OT says said that the flickering cannot be seen during day time. Does anyone know if there is light fitting that does not flicker at night time as this light fitting give him headaches and stop him getting to sleep at night…
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Signing Over Home to Children
My Mum wants to sign over her house to me, I will then pay off the remaining mortgage, and refurbish the house, she will then stay in the home. Would my brother (who has nothing to do with the family) be able to make a claim against the house, when she dies? If so, how do I make sure this doesn't happen and if I can't how…
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Government alters payment for care proposals
The Government has sneaked out alterations to its care payment proposals. http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/pensioners-more-23-000-savings-115024900.html
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Anyone used passinglives.com?
Just stumbled upon this site passinglives.com (as a newbie they won't let me post a link). It looks to be a new online obituary site. I just lost someone close and this looks cheaper and better for me to use (as I live in a completely different location to most families so a newspaper obituary isn't an option for me…
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I've had my flu jab....
...how about you? Do you have one every year? Do you have to pay? Your discussion welcomed! :)
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own house but want to extend
We have no mortgage but want to extend kitchen. What is best way to borrow money.
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"One in three over-65s develop dementia"
I have noticed that, in order to encourage creating Powers of Attorney, this week's Email includes the statement that "One in three over-65s develop dementia.". This is repeating a statement promulgated by the Alzheimer's Society. I wonder whether the staff working on the Email considered whether the statement was…
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Question about my Will
Me and OH changed our wills 6 yrs ago reflecting that we had changed the house from Joint tenants to tenants in Common. We used a local firm advertised as **** Legal Services. Everything seemed in order and the witnesses to our signatures was the solicitor who drew up the documents and a family friend. We have recently…
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Dental treatment while on holiday
I need some info for a good friend of mine, she been on holiday and had one of the E111 cover, which she thought that she could use for a very bad tooth ache. The dentist charge her 600 euros for treatment can she claim that back. :T
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Any Carbon Monoxide Alarm Deals ?
Today we had the Fire Brigade around to my Grans to do a safety check and give her advice. They replaced her old smoke alarms for free..yay The also recommended that we get her a Carbon Monoxide Alarm as she has a gas appliances. Does anyone know of a decent CMA on offer at the moment ?
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What is the poverty line?
My husband claims that we are living below the poverty line. When I asked him if he knew what the up to date figures were for the poverty he admitted that he had no idea. I haven't been able to find any up to date figures and I wondered if anyone else knew what they were. There are lots of stories about percentages of…
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Union fees in retirement
Not sure if this is in the correct place but here goes. I retired from teaching, taking my pension early when I was 56. I did a little bit of supply until just over two years ago. I reduced my union fees when I did supply and intended to stop paying altogether once fully retired. I am 62 now. I cancelled my direct debit…
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tenants in common
There are a lot of websites offering to do this online and you pay up front. Are they safe
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Need Help Trying to Sell a Mobility Scooter
Hi Everyone I'm looking for a bit of advice and wondering if someone can point me in the right direction. I'm trying to sell a second hand mobility scooter that belonged to my father, he bought it in December 2012 for £1,800 used it maybe 6 times then sadly passed away in February this year. He did a little bit of damage…
