Great “Improve Money Rules In 50 Words” Hunt. What easy changes for our politicians

Radiantsoul

Pubs should be required to display their prices clearly and prominently. Generally you don't find out the price until after the drink has been poured and it can be more than you expect.

Radiantsoul

Mains-power devices should display their power consumption (in KwH) when both on and on standby.

This would encourage energy efficient devices. Moreover standby is often as energy intensive not for technical reasons, but to save manufacturing costs but costs more on an ongoing basis.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Back to basics – save up to buy something new
To encourage us to live within our means, all credit facilities should come with a page asking “What savings could you use instead?”, and “How much could you save monthly for this item?” And have a table showing x amount monthly savings equals y amount in 1/3/5 years.

So_Sad_Angel

DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 - AMENDMENT PLEASE !!!!!

To make the advertising of personal Bankruptcy to be an infringement of the disclosure of personal financial data rules.

Creditors should be able to check Insolvency Register ( with authority) or credit search only.

Sensitive data like this has no right/ need to be broadcast in newpapers or be open to public scrutiny on the internet.

Regards, Angiexx

Holes_in_my_pocket

Free money education evening classses or some where like that

Lightattheend

Improvement of communications: All forms of communication (letters, phone calls etc) should be made in plain and simple language so there is no confusion and it is very clear what is said, especially where debt repayments are concerned!!

James

Why: to PROTECT You.

If you are a victim of a crime, you report it to the police. If you don't, it doesn’t exist, it doesn’t get tackled, and we don’t get the resources in the future to fight it,” said DS McMurdie.

Gorgeous_George

Credit card transactions to be authorised by text/bluetooth from the registered cardholder's mobile phone or a bespoke electronic identification device.

GG

James

Scrap the proposed I.D Card Scheme now. Before it costs taxpayers more money that it already has.

MothballsWallet

Lightattheend wrote: »

Improvement of communications: All forms of communication (letters, phone calls etc) should be made in plain and simple language so there is no confusion and it is very clear what is said, especially where debt repayments are concerned!!

I agree: All business documentation must carry the Crystal Mark from the Plain English Campaign, failure to do so means the documents cannot be used and the management of the company producing them is jailed for a minimum of 10 years.