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Rent Error
I have noticed several people who have direct rent to the landlord or housing association have been stating they are paid by the claimant with the overpayment errors. Please check your housing costs if you've had overpayment errors; it will still happen, and message your landlord to check. This is a total mess on the UC…
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Scanning negatives and slides
Hi all Looking to get some guidance and to suitable equipment for this, I am very limited on budget, say >£ 80.00 I have seen these light pads where I can mount my phone on a bracket over the top, but nit sure if these are any good? If anyone could point me in a good direction with some product links, I'll be very…
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Payment not taken, PCN escalated
I received a PCN for a yellow box in April 2026. Decided not to appeal, and paid it (£80) 2 days after receiving the letter in the post. Today (23-5-26) I received a charge notice for non-payment. I know I paid through the website, I have screenshots of some of my web history on that day. But no payment was taken from my…
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Do I have to switch to full fibre?
I am currently out of contract with my current broadband provider (NOW), and they have told me that I have to switch to a full fibre provider because my copper line is being turned off at the end of August. (I have had no notification from them about the copper switch off and was only told about it when I called them, so…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 23 May 2026
Good morning all.
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DRO creditors list
hello, I’ve recently been accepted for a DRO but I’m not sure whether there’s a problem with the creditors list. One of them I put the collection agency and not the creditor and the other changed to a collection agency just before the application was accepted, that balance is also higher than the actual balance as the…
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How long should it take for monies from deceased estate
My Dad sadly passed away 26th may 2025, consulted a solicitor (as you do) and probate was granted on 28th december 2025, however solicitor srill hasnt received monies from HSBC, his one and only bank account. Is this normal to take this long?
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Holiday ruined
Long story short, we booked a holiday through a travel company, after arriving in Milan there was a national train strike which prevented us reaching our first port of call which in turn meant the most important part of our holiday was not possible, by law the strike was announced 1 week before our holiday, we believe the…
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Advice Needed – Partial Refund for Blizzard-Affected New York Pass
I'm afraid it's taking a while for me to ask for help as thought I could manage with chatgpt, but now I'm feeling a bit cheated. Me and my sister in law went to New York in February and we both purchased a 3-day Go City/New York Pass through Costco UK. We fully used day 1, but on 22nd and 23rd February severe blizzard…
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Saving tax on investment property
My brothers and I own a house that's been converted into 4 flats. The flats are let out on ASTs, and we own the freehold. No mortgage. We've owned it 40 years, and it's gained in value. That's where we're starting from. We now want to sell off the flats individually, with new 999 year leases at nil ground rent and with a…
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Sky Broadband - switching provider after price rise advice
Hi all, I had an email from Sky on 20th Feb saying my broadband prices were going up by £3.00 in April. It is my understanding that I can leave penalty free because of this, but only within 30 days of being notified. My contract doesn't officially end until May 2027. I have spoken with Sky via chat and they offered nothing…
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New occupant has new broadband contract
A friend moved out of his house in Feb 26, still in contract with EE for broadband until September, paying monthly at £30 pm Contacted EE who said that as he is still in contract he woudl still have to pay the £30 pm until September. A new tenant has moved in and set up broadband with a new supplier…EE have now emailed…
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Refund in full
Hi, contacted complete savings today. After being confused by their offer of an 3 month refund on the first call, I did some more research, rang again and quoted MSE advice and consumer law on pop ups (I didn’t know I had signed up) and got a full refund of £740. Thanks for making this easy.
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End of self-service in Post Offices, longer queues
At my local Post Office in Brixton the Self-Service Kiosk (SSK) has been permanently closed. Brixton Ferndale Rd. PO is a major branch which had many self-service options such as Drop and Go and Post and Go. When the queue for counter service was 20 or 40 minutes, you could go to the SSK, which had a separate queue, maybe…
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My Wealth Private (Wealth At Work)
Does anyone have any experience of moving their savings and/or DB pension to My Wealth Private for them to manage? I'm approaching retirenment in BT. Their seminars and individual advice has been very good so far, but I'm undecided about transferring everything to them to manage, as I can find very little around their…
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TUI Smiles Reward Club
I was curious to see what this new initiative on offer might be - so attempted to register - not sure if it worked or not - but it brought up a Scandanavian language (Swedish ?) application link and seems to have accepted my TUI account details !!! TUI customer services were unable to help much - I suspect this is as new…
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jpeg-xl is nearly here...
Hi Some web browsers now support jpeg-xl image format. Mostly it's still "behind a flag". Info at caniuse... Caniuse Test page... Test page Screenshot shows Firefox 152 (Beta) with Android phone.
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Jersey anyone?
I’m have a rolling £5.99 p.m. SIM only deal with Lycamobile, payable by DD. Lyca piggy back on EE of course. We’ve just had a break in Jersey. When we landed, my iPhone changed from ‘Lycamobile’ to ‘Sure’ network in the top left corner. However, throughout the whole 5 nights I was unable to make or receive any calls.…
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Plea for help on parking charge
Hi all, I’ve recently received a County Court parking claim from Smart Parking / DCB Legal relating to a car park visit from four years ago. AoS has already been filed with intention to defend in full. Important background: I moved house before the relevant period when it happened and unfortunately my V5C was not updated…
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UC: Do I need to report an increase in my work pension?
My work (Civil Service) pension increases from tomorrow (30/04/26). Do I need to inform UC of this increase? If so, how do I do this? Looking at "Report a change" on my UC account I can't see any obvious heading to click to report the change. "Money, savings and investments" seems to be just about reporting changes to…
