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Martin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim TWO years' worth of tax re
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.Martin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim TWO years' worth of tax relief Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.
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Martin Lewis: The new mortgage 'forbearance' help – how big a change is it, is it mandatory?
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Moved: A number of small pensions
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Martin Lewis: I averaged 24,630 steps a day (burning 3,886 calories) in 2022 – here's how...
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.Martin Lewis: I averaged 24,630 steps a day (burning 3,886 calories) in 2022 – here's how...
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Martin Lewis: 80,000 teens' Child Trust Fund cash locked away. Government holds the key – my letter
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it. Read Martin's Martin Lewis: 80,000 teens' Child Trust Fund cash locked away. Government holds the key – my letter to the Children's Minister Blog.
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Success with reclaiming tax on PPI
I would like to say a massive thank you for the very helpful advice on reclaiming this tax from HMRC. I had a message from my PPI agent about reclaiming and when I checked on the link they wanted to take a huge 50% for acting for me. I followed your advice step by step and have to say how easy it was to claim through HMRC…
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Martin: My mortgage conversation with the Chancellor and why banks should come to the public's aid
In an urgent private meeting on mortgages with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, and in a separate conversation with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has today (Wednesday 21 June) stressed the need for proper forbearance measures for struggling mortgage holders, and the need for banks not…
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Trolley saved
At least for now. I've not seen this mentioned anywhere on the site, but I got an email today confirming my suspicion. https://www.trolley.co.uk/thank-you/ Anyone who uses the site has Martin / MSE to thank for its current survival. Hopefully they'll find another sponsor by summer. Not a patch on the original…
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Martin Lewis: What happened to my pledge to give £10m to charity – 2022/23 update...
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.Martin Lewis: What happened to my pledge to give £10m to charity – 2022/23 update (spoiler: it's now £20m) Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.
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Subsidies on electricity ?? Not really true we are paying indirectly
Watched with interest your TV show recently explaining unit cost increases from Jan 2023 so was expecting a difference to my E O N energy bill for January and yes after increased unit price and increased subsidies bottom line remains the same as you suggested. However I was still shocked to see unit cost has risen from…
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Working from home 22/23 tax year with stricter rules
I'm aware of the new WFH rules for the 22/23 tax year: "Claiming tax relief on or after 6 April 2022You can claim if your employer has not already paid your expenses and you have additional household costs as a result of working from home. One of the following must also apply: * there are no appropriate facilities…
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Is it time to ban Christmas presents? Blog and poll discussion
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog and poll. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it. Read Martin's "Is it time to ban Christmas presents?" Blog. And the vote results: Is it time to stop giving Christmas presents? Christmas has become a retail festival, celebrated by spending and…
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Martin Lewis: An important warning to every employee in the UK
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Martin Lewis: Energy price freeze rumours - what it means for you, will it work?
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it work? Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.
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How to URGENTLY reclaim PPI for a deceased relative
See Martin's blog: 'How to URGENTLY reclaim PPI for a deceased relative' And let us know your thoughts.
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Martin Lewis: How much the Govt expects parents to give their children whilst at university 2020/21
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Martin Lewis: New guide to set up a warm space – somewhere for people to come in from the cold.
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Energy Price Cap - Affordable and Simple Proposal
Thursday 8 September 0630 (written prior to Government announcements) ENERGY PRICE CAP FOR DOMESTIC & BUSINESS CONSUMERS It
is important that any scheme is Targeted, Viable, Time Limited and Simple to
operate. All
of the schemes so far proposed fail on some or all of the above criteria. The consumer pays for KW used at the…
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Fairest way to repay
Repaying this via general taxation rather than adding it to bills would be fairer as bills are already too high and unlikely to return to previous levels for years, if ever. If it's added to income tax it will be paid by those whose income is above £12,500 (currently), whereas if it's added to bills it will have to paid by…
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British Gas - Coincidence I don't think so
Brief history - I was a customer of Peoples Energy whose account was transferred to British Gas. My direct debit was set at £201.96 which was about £40 more than I needed to pay but as due to them not taking a couple of payments during the change over was not a problem. By the end of May I was in a credit situation but…