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Universal Credit Managed Migration - I'm on the sick but they want me to work
I received the letter about legacy benefits ending and that I have to sign on to Universal Credit via managed migration a few weeks ago. I have been on Income Support and then ESA for the better part of 20 years (since 2005) because I've been on mental health medication, but in that time I have been volunteering at charity…
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Help with Defence for Parking Fine - Bay Sentry Solutions / dcb legal please
Hi Last November I made an emergency stop because of a medical condition on what I thought was disused land. In my haste to park and run across the road to a cafe facilities I did not see that I had parked in a No Stopping Zone. I had literally driven into the entrance and spun round facing back out towards the main road.…
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Gatwick Airport Drop off PCN- Times Parking
Hi all, I recently got a PCN through from Gatwick drop off I stupidly forgot to pay the drop off this time!! - its new supplier is Times Parking a member of IPC. I have received a "Parking Charge to Keeper" Have been reading the forums/ posts about the wording to use, but two factors at play here: 1. it's a car registered…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th April 2026
Thank you, Valli, for last week's thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the…
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PCN from 4 years ago???
Hello, I wanted some info regarding statutes of limitation and if there are grounds for me to appeal this PCN that I was emailed about. Allegedly a parking notice was sent to my address at the time the parking incident happened however I cannot recall if it did or not since it has been 4 years the parking company has now…
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Old Parking Charge that I didn't know about
I received a letter yesterday, and it seems it's a County Court Claim, for an unpaid Parking Fine. Now this is the first I have heard about this, and received no letters from the company in question. The company is Parkingeye Ltd. If I had received the initial fine, I would have paid it straight away. I'm guessing the…
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UKCPM, B W LEGAL moneyclaim 2025
Hello everyone, I hope you are well. Thank you very much for all the helpful contributions here. Unfortunately for me I did not find this previous to my appeal so went through that malarkey! This is my first time posting here and I have a couple of problems, please may I have your wise advice! First: The parking permit…
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Haggling with EE with multiple networks in the area
Has anyone had any luck when haggling with EE? Where I live, there are three fibre network providers: OpenReach, CityFibre, and County Broadband. After a lot of faff, Openreach finally managed to thread the fibre to my house. Now I'm more than happy with EE, but has anyone managed to haggle with EE when in the CityFibre…
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Scottish Power RTS replaced with Smart Metre
I have had my RTS metre replaced with a smart metre by Scottish Power, they didn't tell me that I would need to install a timer for my heating and hot water as the water is heating 24/7 and my storage heater is on for the full night rate - 11pm to 7-30am in winter or 12pm to 8.30am in summer, because I didn't find out…
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There and back again...reducing the mortgage to manifest our forever home
Have been a long time lurker on MSE, and DP and I bought our first house together in March 2025 with a mortgage of £190,000. Had many plans for overpaying, what we wanted to get done however life has had other ideas so starting a diary for the first time to try and help me keep on track. We did manage to OP £3500 in 2025,…
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Not parked within markings - pregnant with children.
My heavily pregnant wife received the attached from UKPC with reasoning ‘not parked correctly within the markings’. This seems very unfair considering this car park does not have any parent & child spaces, and the adjacent car is very far over (almost touching the boundary line) limiting access to safely remove our 2 young…
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We will get this debt down & the savings up
Several years ago I joined MSE with a different user name, but then it all went a bit wrong with losing job and other things, so I sort of fell by the wayside. Now I have created a new profile and am starting again with more determination. I have read so many people's diaries and can see that it helps you focus and it is…
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Tax on a prepaid card for charity
I work as a volunteer for a small registered charity. If our charity was to put money onto my personal prepaid card (Revolut) for purchasing goods for charity purposes, would HMRC regard that as taxable income? I would have receipts to prove all purchases. In a typical year this could be as much as £20 - 30K in purchases.
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Is this a successful business
When assessing a limited company's accounts how whst info do you look at to assess that? How about this company?
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NST April 2026: Thrift and Thrive
NST April 2026: Thrift and Thrive The connection between thrive and thrift is both deeply rooted in etymology and practically linked in modern sustainability, where careful resource management (thrift) enables long-term prosperity and well-being (thrive). Here is the breakdown of the connection between the two: 1.…
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Progress is...
Starting a Mortgage Free Diary!
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Parking fine, now with DCB Legal
a bit of a long one, but here goes. Moved area and parked in a well known supermarket carpark. Owned by eurocar parks Although I’d never heard of it before, this one required a pay and display, which I didn’t do. I bought my items, and left. Due to moving house, and updating different bits and pieces periodically, the…
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Lebara Data Munching
Having had mobile phones since the 90s I've always been aware of usage. Have just moved to Lebara and my usage for 3 hours, doing online SuDoku, was 200Meg of data. I was previously on Tesco and that would be about 3 weeks data. The phone is flooded with Vodaphone Ads too, whilst it's cheap it may be a false economy as I…
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Fundsmith again.
I've held Fundsmith for many years and it did very well for me. I sold out of the ISA a some years ago for better options because no sell liabilities, and have slowly brought down the GIA amount in CGT exemption steps. In the days of 12.3k exemptions this was pretty easy, but now with 3k it is more difficult. I've never…
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Lycamobile roaming
I had a Lycamoblie plan which included roaming in EU and India but could not get it to work in India Wasted several hours trying the suggestions of their help desk (turning off, replacing SIM etc) then tried signing up for a roaming bundle - which worked - so nothing wrong with my phone settings Has anyone else failed to…
