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IKEA PAX wardrobe door is catching frame
We inherited a well used IKEA Pax wardrobe. It's nice but one of the sliding doors doesn't close fully. On closer inspection, I noticed that the door guide at the bottom rail of the faulty door is catching along the wardrobe frame. I wondered if the rail was screwed too close but there doesn't seem much option. Any idea's…
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Manchester Airport T1 drop off fine
Just received one of these through the post from APCOA after dropping our son off who was moving to Australia and we were understandably distressed and must have missed the signs and there was no toll in use like we have used at Liverpool before. Anyway I’ve seen there are a million and one of these posts on here but our…
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IVE ended up in court with CEL - Help
On the 16th April 2024 I received a parking charge notice(notice to keeper) from CEL stating that on 10th April 2024 I failed to obtain a permit in accordance with the notified terms. The vehicle is my sons Wheelchair accessible vehicle which is driven by his team PA's to take him to appointments; On the day in question…
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Belgian Pension and Tax
Hello A while back, I had published a post regarding tax paid on my Belgian pension in both England and Belgium. Unfortunately I have lost track of it. I have been receiving my Belgian pension in June 2012 and live in England. It appears that there is a Protocol between the UK and Belgium where pensioners receiving a…
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Help to Buy and LISA - Stuck between 2
Hello, Please can I seek advise. I currently have maxed out my help to buy ISA, which I set up just before the government ended the scheme when I was a student at university. Since then I have contributed more to this ISA then necessary (was not as financially savvy as before). I since learned of the LISA and the benefits…
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£2000 NI relief cap on pension salary sacrifice from April 2029 (confirmed)
UPDATE AS PER 1 HOUR BEFORE THE BUDGET (thanks OBR...) - this is now confirmed, government link below (with thanks to @SnowMan ) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-salary-sacrifice-for-pensions-from-april-2029 As we all love a bit of speculating on here... I don't think this one has been mentioned yet…
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Is the State Pension a benefit?
There was an article in the i over the weekend saying the following. The state pension is a benefit – here’s why it’s important we say so The notion that people collecting their state pension are simply taking back what they previously paid in is wrong I did catch my eye and it does appear controversial but does it matter?…
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Budget 2025: Voluntary class 3 and class 2 national insurance contributions
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb102a37784b16ecf525/E03444720_Budget_2025_Web_Accessible.pdf2.80 The government is closing loopholes in current Voluntary National Insurance contributions (VNICs) rules that allow those with a limited connection to the UK to build UK State Pension entitlement at a cheaper…
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Any not too expensive door bell with camera that will store footage to sd card or phone.
Hi folks, Is there any inexpensive door bells that can act as a CCTV as well (preferably not bad at night time) and can store the footage to a Micro SD card or phone, preferably would like to hear from someone who has similar one. I'm on the lookout for probably two.
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Inheriting a pension: what happens and is there tax to pay?
This is the discussion thread for the Inheriting a pension guide. The guide discusses topics such as: - Inheriting a defined contribution pension - Inheriting a defined benefit pension - Inheriting part of your spouse's state pension - Tax on an inherited pension - Transferring wealth through a pension - Inheriting a…
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Wayleave relating to power cables either underground or attached to my property
Hi all, Have been checking out the Forums regarding the wayleave topic but all I've come across are those who have power lines above their properties, presumably on telegraph/pylon type poles/structures. We are an older property so we carry a power line that services two of our neighbours, this line is underground down our…
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Issues with new (used) car - what are my rights
Hallo, I bought a used car from a main dealer last week. It was listed at 58000 miles. It's mileage is in fact nearly 64000. I know I should have spotted this at the time. In addition, the MOT I reviewed online had no advisories, but the MOT they did the day before I picked it up has advisories on both front tyres, with…
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There is no phone line between telegraph pole and my house - can I get Fibre broadband?
For 10 years I have had Virgin Fibre Broadband which uses a dedicated cable running at ground level from pavement into my house. I want to change to another Fibre provider but I need to know how it is possible. There is no phone cable connecting to my house from any telegraph pole (I have never had a landline at this…
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Joint Accounts and IHT
Does anyone know if a joint savings account between mother and daughter is valid in the context of IHT and the 7-year rule. i.e. if it's joint is it still a gift ?
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Lost POPLA appeal for APCOA Farnham station car park PCN
Hi, newbie here. I've managed to lose an appeal* against a PCN issued by APCOA at Farnham station despite following lots of very helpful advice on this forum. Am I correct to say that the advice is still to just ignore anything further at this stage? My wife is the registered keeper of the vehicle in question and will want…
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O/S Daily Wednesday November 26th 2025
Good morning all.
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Bricks Not Books
The first day of a New Year seems like the best time to start this diary! I was on this board under another name for a number of years, but I felt like a change of name as well as a change of diary, so here I am! Completed on new home with OH in December, we haven't even owned it for a month yet. But we have a mortgage of…
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Help requested - Parking Charge Notice received for briefly stopping in a private road
Please can I request some help with a PCN recently received relating to stopping in a private road for less than one minute. I have read the Newbies forum and used the information from it to create my appeal, but this has now been rejected. I am minded to take this on to POPLA, but I would like to know what my prospects of…
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Smart Parking - DCBL - 2025 - NI Resident living in England
Hi All, creating a new thread following some comments I tagged off the back of a thread with similar/ not so similar circumstances a number of months ago. To start, what a great resource this forum is and the guides, steps that it sets out are thorough along with the advice from users Umkomaas & doubledotcom within that…
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Interactive Investor - calculation of 25% tax free cash when holding Index Linked Gilts
In common with many platforms, Index Linked gilts are shown in my Interactive Investor portfolio value at the clean price. Obviously, the market price is much higher. When I come to take out 25% of my portfolio as tax free cash, do the Index-Linked gilts get uplifted to the current market price in determining the value of…
