Listening to Radio 2 today, one female DJ referred to Freeview TV (as opposed to Sky TV) as 'poor people's TV'. This wasn't a slip of the tongue - she repeated the phrase about three times and even...
the age my wife can recieve her state pension has been increased from 60 to 62 and a half,she has 30 years contributions, she has heard that if she is a child minder (she is, unpaid looking after the...
I got made redundant 2 years ago and we have debts that we have no hope of ever repaying , around £40,000 in all to finance companys and banks. I have seen a CAB adviser who says the best option...
I have just applied online for a personal loan with the Halifax but at the end of the application it says I have been unsuccessful.
If I apply with any other banks will I also be turned down?...
I wonder if anyone on here knows if it is possible to get a mortgage when you are retired. We currently own our house outright (185k approx) but we would like to buy a piece of our neighbours land and...
If I have existing ISAs in more than one company and they mature at different times, how can I effect transfers to a new ISA without losing my accumulated ISA status? Obviously, this assumes that the...
I have been told that after you have paid NI contributions for the required number of years you can elect to no longer pay them. If this is true what is the length of time and how does one go about...
Can someone please explain in simple terms the difference between the Consumer Prices Index and the Retail Prices Index and what effect do they have on us? High finance is so complex these days I...
Thinking of booking for the Opening Ceremony but the website is very un-user friendly. Can someone tell me : Where is the Opening ceremony (is it in a Stadium, if so where); What is the date of the...
I will be 65 this year - does anyone one know if my Personal allowance code will change at the start of the new tax year or when I have my 65th birthday
when I send people an email from my yahoo account I always has my full name on there, sometimes I just don't want this, my email address doesn't contain my name on purpose but peoples inbox say's...
How about a section on Pension Questions? My employer tells me my Shift Pay Allowance cannot be factored into my pension when I retire. The Revenue rules say that it does not count if I have not been...
So I called up my mortgage company with whom my flat is mortgaged with with, and asked about "additional lending" ofcourse they ran through the numbers and said I was able to borrow up to...
I have a stocks/shares ISA and i want to transfer to another one - i have been told this will take 4 weeks - does it really take that long?
H and L hold both the accounts in question for me btw...
Got a letter through...saying.. RED ALERT: HIGH RISK OF SHORTFALL. There is a high chance that your plan won't pay out enough to cover the target amount of XXX. If you have not already done so, we...