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'My hamster ate my post': HMRC reveals most bizarre tax return excuses as deadline looms
17 January 2020
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Nationwide double-charges hundreds of customers for credit card repayments
16 January 2020
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Many private parking firms to spare drivers hefty fines for number-plate errors
16 January 2020
Motorists who enter the wrong number-plate details when paying for private parking tickets will in many cases no longer be 'fined' the full amount -
Got a Hotpoint or Indesit washing machine? Your rights as 100,000s of machines are recalled
16 January 2020
Whirlpool is preparing to issue a product recall of up to 519,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines found to pose a fire safety risk – here are your rights if your machine's affected -
Ovo completes purchase of SSE – what it means for customers
15 January 2020
In a major shake-up of the energy market, challenger firm Ovo has finalised the purchase of SSE – if you're an SSE customer, here's what it means for you.
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Banking & Saving
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Nationwide double-charges hundreds of customers for credit card repayments
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Many private parking firms to spare drivers hefty fines for number-plate errors
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Got a Hotpoint or Indesit washing machine? Your rights as 100,000s of machines are recalled
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'My hamster ate my post': HMRC reveals most bizarre tax return excuses as deadline looms
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'My hamster ate my post': HMRC reveals most bizarre tax return excuses as deadline looms
17 January 2020
HM Revenue & Customs has released the most "weird and wonderful" excuses it's received from taxpayers who have failed to get their self-assessment tax return in on time – with bizarre explanations such as 'I was up a mountain in Wales' -
Nationwide double-charges hundreds of customers for credit card repayments
16 January 2020
Hundreds of Nationwide customers have had their monthly credit card repayment taken twice, with one family overcharged by up to £2,500, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal -
Many private parking firms to spare drivers hefty fines for number-plate errors
16 January 2020
Motorists who enter the wrong number-plate details when paying for private parking tickets will in many cases no longer be 'fined' the full amount -
Got a Hotpoint or Indesit washing machine? Your rights as 100,000s of machines are recalled
16 January 2020
Whirlpool is preparing to issue a product recall of up to 519,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines found to pose a fire safety risk – here are your rights if your machine's affected -
Ovo completes purchase of SSE – what it means for customers
15 January 2020
In a major shake-up of the energy market, challenger firm Ovo has finalised the purchase of SSE – if you're an SSE customer, here's what it means for you.
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
7 January 2020
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
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