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New energy 取引,協定 is up to 13% a year cheaper than Ofgem's price cap: Is it 価値(がある) 調印 up to?
A new energy 関税 from Outfox the Market 申し込む/申し出s electricity at around 13% cheaper than the 普通の/平均(する) Ofgem price-capped 法案, and gas at 9% cheaper. The 取引,協定, which 開始する,打ち上げるd this month, is 直す/買収する,八百長をするd for 12 months and has no 早期に 出口 料金s. This makes it a tempting 代案/選択肢 to the typical 現在の energy 法案 of £1,690 a year - the level of the Ofgem price cap . So is it 価値(がある) 調印 up to?
CRANE ON THE CASE: I ordered £90 trainers from Asics to run the London マラソン in… but they never turned up
I ordered a pair of shoes to run the London マラソン in, and after three weeks I hadn't received them. The 特使 Yodel tells me it has lost the 小包 and I need to 接触する Asics to 問題/発行する a refund. However, I am not able to 接触する Asics. I have called, emailed, tweeted, Facebook messaged, Linkedin messaged and filled out their website form three times over the past two weeks and I have heard nothing from them. I spent £90 which is a lot of money for me.
Home 保険会社s paid out £573million last year: Bad 天候 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs 攻撃する,衝突する 記録,記録的な/記録する high 予定 to 嵐/襲撃するs
The ABI said the 2023 殺到する in bad 天候 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs was fuelled by a 一連の 嵐/襲撃するs, 含むing Babet, Ciaran and Debi, that struck last autumn. (人命などを)奪う,主張するs for 嵐/襲撃する 損失 to homes made up £133million last year, with flooding another £286million. Homeowners also received £153million in payouts for burst 麻薬を吸うs, most of which happened in 早期に 2023 予定 to the 冷淡な start to the year.
CRANE ON THE CASE: My small dance school was sent a shock £95k energy 法案 by Eon... にもかかわらず our usual 法案 存在 £200 per month
I'm a part-time dance teacher and run a small dance school for young people in my 地元の area. It's open for about 15 hours per week. I've been running the studio for six years and the 法案s are usually no more than £200 per month. But in November last year, the energy 供給者 for the building Eon sent me a 法案 for more than £95,000 for one month. There's no way that can be 権利, but Eon told me it would be up to me to 証明する it wrong. Other than showing it my previous 法案s, I don't know how I can do that. I also had an email which said I should 'continue to 支払う/賃金 my 法案 in the 合間' which is 明白に impossible as I don't have £95,000.
How to 適用する for Carer's Allowance: (人命などを)奪う,主張する £81.90 支払い(額)s if you look after someone for 35 hours a week - but watch out for 利益 落し穴s
存在 a carer means doing things like helping with washing and cooking and other 職業s around the home, taking someone to doctor's 任命s, managing 法案s and doing the shopping. We explain how Carer's Allowance 作品, what the 支配するs are, where you can turn for help, and other practicalities 伴う/関わるd in making an 使用/適用. An experienced 利益 entitlements 助言者, Aleks Clayton of 退職 開発 provider McCarthy 石/投石する, also 申し込む/申し出s tips on the knock-on 影響s on other 利益s you might get.
BT pauses 数字表示式の phone line rollout for ALL - 含むing thousands of 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s
The rollout of BT's いわゆる 数字表示式の 発言する/表明する programme has been 延期するd, with insiders 説 it may not be 完全にするd until the end of 2027. 初めは the rollout was 予定 to end by the の近くに of 2025. We had long fought for the 延期する, 最高潮の場面ing how the 科学(工学)技術 can stop working in a 力/強力にする 削減(する) - leaving 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s unable to make 緊急 calls.
I 直面するd a 75% broadband 法案 引き上げ(る), says LEE BOYCE - but Ofcom saved me the haggle-dance hassle (and meant I paid a fiver a month LESS)
I recently received an email from my internet provider Plusnet 明言する/公表するing our 月毎の 法案 would be rising from £30.99 to £54.39 as our 18 month 契約 (機の)カム to an end. If I left it, or 行方不明になるd the message (easily done in a 広大な, never ending ocean of admin), my 法案 would be whacked up 75% for 正確に/まさに the same 一括 - 制限のない fibre extra.
BT pauses 数字表示式の phone line rollout for ALL - 含むing thousands of 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s
The rollout of BT's いわゆる 数字表示式の 発言する/表明する programme has been 延期するd, with insiders 説 it may not be 完全にするd until the end of 2027. 初めは the rollout was 予定 to end by the の近くに of 2025. We had long fought for the 延期する, 最高潮の場面ing how the 科学(工学)技術 can stop working in a 力/強力にする 削減(する) - leaving 攻撃を受けやすい 世帯s unable to make 緊急 calls.
普通の/平均(する) 解雇する/砲火/射撃 (人命などを)奪う,主張する on home 保険 now 最高の,を越すs £24,000: 解雇する/砲火/射撃 旅団 警告するs 炎s 原因(となる)d by e-bike and e-scooter 殴打/砲列s are on the 増加する
保険会社s and the London 解雇する/砲火/射撃 旅団 are 警告 of the 危険s of lithium-イオン 殴打/砲列 解雇する/砲火/射撃s, which are 原因(となる)ing a 抱擁する spike in the value of 国内の 解雇する/砲火/射撃 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs. These 殴打/砲列s are used for 装置s such as 動きやすい phones, laptops e-bikes, e-scooters, vaping 装置s and electric toothbrushes, but can 原因(となる) 厳しい 解雇する/砲火/射撃s if they are 損失d or sub-基準 to begin with. We explain how to keep yourself and your home 安全な from lithium-イオン 解雇する/砲火/射撃s
How to tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある and what you can do to 直す/買収する,八百長をする it - and 避ける overpaying on your energy 法案s
欠陥のある smart メーターs are on the rise in Britain with 顧客s 報告(する)/憶測ing 存在 攻撃する,衝突する by 大規模な 法案s as a result. によれば?Department for Energy 安全 and 逮捕する 無 人物/姿/数字s, the number of メーターs not operating in 'smart 方式' went up from 2.7 million to 3.98 million between June 2023 and the start of 2024. But how can you tell if your smart メーター is 欠陥のある? And what should you do if you think it is?
How you can give generously to your family and friends without 存在 a '支配(する)/統制する freak' - Money Psychotherapist Vicky Reynal 明らかにする/漏らすs all
I have listened to plenty of (弁護士の)依頼人s who felt regretful, if not resentful, having given generously - and with the best of 意向s - only to be met with 無関心/冷淡, ingratitude or even 怒り/怒る. So how can we generously gift our money in a way that minimises the 危険 that it will be taken the wrong way? And how can we 避ける family or 関係 不和s?
Number of people in poverty rises by 600,000 にもかかわらず cost of living help - 含むing 300,000 children
In 返答 to 急に上がるing energy 法案s and the high cost of living, the 政府 began making 始める,決める 支払い(額)s to millions of 世帯s from 2022. But the 最新の 人物/姿/数字s from the Department for Work and 年金s show that 600,000 people fell into 絶対の poverty in 2023, 含むing 300,000 children. This means they are unable to 支払う/賃金 for the basics of 存在 such as food, 住宅 and other 法案s.
What 落ちるing インフレーション means for you: As 率 of price growth slows to 3.4%, we explain why it has 攻撃する,衝突する its lowest level since 2021
The 最新の 人物/姿/数字s from the Office for 国家の 統計(学) show the 消費者物価指数 索引 dropped from 4% in January to 3.4% in February, its lowest level since September 2021. What does the インフレーション 落ちる mean for you, what is likely to happen with Bank of England 利益/興味 率 決定/判定勝ち(する)s and how long will it take for インフレーション to 落ちる to manageable levels and the 2% 的?
High cost of heat pumps is putting 顧客s off, 監視者 警告するs
The 国家の Audit Office said the high cost of heat pumps and a 欠如(する) of 消費者 understanding were 持つ/拘留するing 支援する more 世帯s choosing to fit heat pumps. The 監視者 said that 'a 重要な 問題/発行する behind lower-than-推定する/予想するd heat pump uptake is their cost to use and 任命する/導入する' and that the 政府 has no 'long-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 計画(する) to 演説(する)/住所 the low levels of 認識/意識性' about moving away from gas-力/強力にするd heating.
Cars with ALL the faff? Cinch sold us a Dacia but the bonnet wouldn't open - three months later it's STILL not 直す/買収する,八百長をするd: CRANE ON THE CASE
支援する in November 2023, my partner 購入(する)d a car from the online dealership Cinch and we met the sales スパイ/執行官 at a 選ぶ-up point to collect it. Before taking the 重要なs we 検査/視察するd the car, and 公式文書,認めるd that the bonnet lever in the cabin didn't work, (判決などを)下すing the bonnet un-openable. The sales スパイ/執行官 was insistent that 取引,協定ing with Cinch would be 平易な, and it would be 修理d in no time. すぐに after that the 12v 力/強力にする 出口 stopped working, then a fault light appeared on the dash. Three months on, we are still no closer to getting the 修理s carried out.
How to を取り引きする 負債 in a 離婚: What are you still on the hook for, how about the mortgage, and can you 保護する your credit 率ing?
People in 負債 can get 離婚d but will need to agree a 計画(する) or make a formal 財政上の 解決/入植地 to 支払う/賃金 off what they 借りがある. How this 責任/義務 is 株d will depend on whether 負債s run up during marriage are matrimonial - meaning they 利益 the couple or a family as a whole - or individual. 'When 離婚 becomes 必然的な the starting point is to 査定する/(税金などを)課す all 資産s and 負債, held both 共同で and 個々に,' says Rosalind Fitzgerald, a partner at Rayden Solicitors.
Why 直す/買収する,八百長をする a 税金 罠(にかける) when you can kick it 負かす/撃墜する the road? SIMON LAMBERT'S 判決 on the 予算's 国家の 保険 and child 利益 moves
The (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 現在のd himself with a golden 適切な時期 in the 予算 to sort out the illogical mess our 税金 system has got into. But having come tantalisingly の近くに to looking like he would 攻撃する,衝突する the 支援する of the 逮捕する, Jeremy 追跡(する) chose not to shoot for goal and instead passed the ball to the 対立. And so, after what may be the final 予算 before an 選挙, the 保守的な (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 has still left us with 60% ごくわずかの 税金 率s.
予算 at-a-ちらりと見ること: How the changes will 影響する/感情 you from a 2p 国家の 保険 削減(する) to 明かすing of a British Isa
(ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 Jeremy 追跡(する) today 配達するs a 高度に 心配するd Spring 予算, 直面するd with 圧力 to 削減(する) 税金s and 支える 滞るing public services. The Spring 予算 has been 最初 追跡するd as a 税金-cutting 予算, but it has since 現れるd that 追跡(する) may not have the '会計の headroom' to make large 税金 削減s 予定 to 女性 public 財政/金融s after Britain 公式に entered a 後退,不況.
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