Money Tips email | 16 February 2022

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Like a newborn lion cub being held aloft over Pride Rock for all the animals to see, the latest Money Tips email has arrived into the world.

We suggest reading the whole lot when you can. But for now, here are five highlights you might like:

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1. Fourteen MoneySaving tips for couples
   Eg, £1,200 tax break for two million couples and free £300 for switching bank
   
   
2. Hidden student loan repayment hike
   Watch video: Martin questions the Chancellor about the fact many uni leavers will pay £113/year more from April
    
3. Two top credit cards, each with two powerful perks
   M&S Bank and Sainsbury's Bank battle for your custom
   
   
4. Base rate savings boost
   NS&I raises easy-access rates to 0.5% (but most should seek higher rates - up to 0.73%)
   
   
5. Posh 'zero-plastic' shampoo bar for £4
   From Gruum, normally £12. Lasts up to 60 washes

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DSFT

Hi. Re Barcoded stamps. The simplest solution seems to me to take the old ones to any post office (where they were bought) and exchange them. Why post a valuable amount of stamps which require signed for and insurance which costs? Great if you could get the Post Office/Royal Mail to put that in place Martin. 

MSE_James

As the Royal Mail and the Post Office are no longer the same organisation, it seems to me that RM is unlikely to want to pay the PO for handling the exchange of stamps.