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Hi all, I'm fortunate to be travelling to the US nex month and in the past I've just paid the £25 for the month with EE but they've now increased this to £25/week and £5/day so will cost me £45, therefore I'm looking at esims. I've noted the few recommended on here but does anyone have any experience? So far I've limited…

Hi all, I have been going through a self managed DMP thanks to the advice I gained here over a year ago. I have been paying token amounts to around 8 creditors which are mostly credit cards but also a loan. They all accepted this and I have been making payments on time. Last month I wrote to them all with the standard CCA…

This is the "No Chat" thread, please only post announcements and use the discussion thread for anything else Open and fund any Prosper savings or investment account with a minimum of £10,000 and get £100 when you keep it on the platform for at least six months across savings and…

Hi I like to replace a defunct CCTV system (cameras were faulted) but were cat 5 wired. I was looking to replace with a Ring camera system to link with the door bell and Alexa. Is there any RIng cameras that can be powered from Cat 5 cabling? Which Ring outdoor cameras can easily be wired to an existing powered circuit…

I’m currently receiving ESA, PIP and UC. I also get a council tax award. I may have found a job just a hour a day delivering some school meals. The company will pay me a daily rate and want me to be self employed. I’ve looked at the benefits calculators online but what I want to know is how much better or worse off will I…

Qualify by having one monthly Direct debit paid out... ETA: ... and possibly win that amount

I am 55 in January 2028. I believe that in April 2028 the age will increase to 57. I want to understand what I need to do in order to not miss out on claiming my private and local gov pensions. Where can I get advice. Thank you

Received this charge today for not parking between the lines in a free car park on a retail estate. I was in an end space and was on the line or slightly over. It’s hard to tell from the photo they took as it’s stretched and very poor quality. Is it worth appealing? Thanks 🙂

Anyone on this tariff? It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am red. 4:00pm - 7:00pm amber the rest of the day Rates alter daily with wholesale prices. Today green is 13.35pkw red is. 27.51pkw amber. 16.17pkwh

Since late on 22/09 I have had various faults when searching. I have had failure with no message, failure with a message something like "upstream microservice fault" and the one shown below. Anybody else had problems before I report on Site Feedback?

My daughter has gone over to Alexa Plus and in my opinion it is awful. Unlike the old Alexa I have to talk to it slowly and concisely for it to understand then it takes ages for it to respond. And the new voice sounds condescending when it does deign to answer.

Hi, Date of "parking":14/07/26 Received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus on 02/09/26 asking to pay £170 due to not making payment when using the pick up zone. I never received a letter from APCOA. I have since received further letters from DRP chasing me up for the £170 (which I'm obviously not going to pay). What can I do…

A company who I have not worked for, for over 3 years, has out of the blue sent me a letter saying that they were hacked in October 2025, and my Employee Number, my Full Name, my Address, my Bank Account Number, and my Bank Sort Code have been stolen. I am kind of surprised, that the only advice I seem to be getting from…

TSB have launched a new prize draw which runs in October, November and December where you can win: + A family trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar (1 prize per month), OR 1 of 10 prizes per month of your choice of one of the three options below: + 2 nights luxury stay in a 4 star hotel in a UK city, + A luxury hotel stay in…

As title ,my Bright app is not showing any data since early hours of Thursday morning. Meters are reporting as expected to my supplier ,Fuse.

Hi everyone My LGPS fund are saying that the pension age to access your pension will rise to 57 in 2028 however they are awaiting guidance around who is protected. The government consultation read that anyone in the scheme in November 2021 would retain the 55 protected age. My calculator still lets me put 55 into it…

Did have a search - didn't see any mention of this in the last two weeks……..went to print off latest statement from the PC Online servicing portal - and basically now shut……use the app…..

I'm sure that podcasts and video are the way forward but for those of us that are hard of hearing and or deaf they are an absolute nightmare. Background music overpowers the speaker, the speaker talks far too fast. More and more i want more info about this and that to be directed to a podcast and i connot hear the speaker…

In anticipation of the closure of the Barclaycard Online Servicing web facility on 19th August, I decided to investigate the current Barclaycard facilities in Barclays Online Banking. As a long-time user of the CSV export facility of transactions, I tried the facility on the Barclays site. Not only are the columns in a…

I want to take a tax free lump sum from my pension now. I believed it would trigger MPAA but I am confused after reading everything my pension provider sent me! I have not retired yet and will continue to work and make pension contributions for at least 2 more years. I want to withdraw approx. 20% of my pension now, tax…