June
WARNING! Now it's not just scam HMRC emails – expect calls too
Fraudsters pretending to be from HMRC are calling unsuspecting consumers – but you can fight back against these phoneys
30 June 2016
'Misleading' Nurofen TV advert banned
A Nurofen advert that claimed a product could specifically target joint and back pain has been banned from TV screens
29 June 2016
Student loans petition given the go-ahead for parliamentary debate
A petition calling for the end of retrospective changes to the student loans agreement has sparked a Westminster debate
29 June 2016
Homebase not accepting certain gift cards and vouchers – which ones can you use?
Homebase has stopped accepting a wide array of gift cards and vouchers after being taken over by new owners
29 June 2016
Currency company Ace-FX blames technical glitch as 1,000 customers see pre-Brexit transactions cancelled
Holidaymakers have lost out on hundreds of pounds after currency exchange company Ace-FX cancelled 1,000 orders
29 June 2016
New 0.99% mortgage – but is now the time?
You can slash your EXISTING mortgage costs by £1,000s with the cheapest-ever two-year-fix remortgage launched, at 0.99%
29 June 2016
Revealed: Huge price differences between branded and own-brand medicines and generic equivalents
Some branded over-the-counter medicines can cost up to eight times as much as generic equivalents – and even 'own brand'
29 June 2016
Plusnet hits customers with price increase – how to beat the hikes
Plusnet is to hike its home phone and broadband prices for a second consecutive year
28 June 2016
Student loans repayment threshold discussed in Parliament – but petition could spark bigger debate
The Government's U-turn on a promise to increase the threshold of student loan repayments has been debated in Parliament
28 June 2016
'I reclaimed £35,000 owed to my late husband using MSE's PPI guide'
A widow has received life-changing compensation from HSBC after sending off our PPI template letter
28 June 2016
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Martin: 'PPI's over, but I've THIRTEEN more ways you can reclaim £1,000s'
17 September 2019
I'm no fan of a compensation culture. Instead MSE and I have long, proudly been at the forefront of reclaiming – that's getting YOUR money back when it shouldn't have been taken (or if you weren't paid what you should've been). Compensation is different, it's using the law to get extra money, often as a punishment. -
Apple launches iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max – how to find the cheapest deals
17 September 2019
Tech giant Apple has unveiled its range of new iPhones - the iPhone 11, the 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max. It's also cut the price of its current models including the iPhone XR and iPhone 8. -
Smart meter rollout delayed until 2024
17 September 2019
Energy suppliers are to be given an extra four years to offer smart meters to every home in the UK, under a new timetable announced by the Government this week. -
Hotel booking site Amoma.com stops trading - what you need to know
16 September 2019
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Warning – if your work pension has the wrong retirement date, it could cost you £1,000s
16 September 2019
Millions of savers risk missing out on £1,000s from their final pension pot if their provider doesn't have their correct planned retirement date – so check your date now to avoid losing out.
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How much the Govt expects you to give your children for university
16 July 2019
Update Note 25 May 2017: The ready reckoners below have been updated with the new 2017/2018 living loan amounts. Also since first writing this blog, and seeing the strength of feeling it attracted, I have written an open letter to the Uni Minister asking him to start telling people about this. Yet sadly received his no we won’t...
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