
If someone needs to go into a care home, the value of their assets, including their home, is usually used to calculate what they pay. This doesn’t apply to couples when one is still living at home. In England there are plans that only homes worth over £123,000 will be taken into account (currently, it’s £23,250). The most anyone needs to pay for care is £75,000 over their lifetime, plus £12,500 per year to cover bed and board. After that, state help kicks in. Is it right some must sell their homes to pay care home costs? Which of these options is CLOSEST to your view?
24 March 2014

Traditional ideas of chivalry dictate that on a first date, the man should foot the bill. However, in this modern day and age when we’re striving for gender equality, it’s questionable whether gender should have anything to do with who pays on a first date. Obviously, this poll only makes sense for heterosexual relationships. Which of these options is CLOSEST to your view?
17 March 2014

A pre-nuptial agreement is a contract signed by couples before they tie the knot, outlining how financial assets should be split if the relationship breaks down. Currently, they’re not legally binding, but the Law Commission thinks they should be. Supporters argue they give clarity from the outset, and make it easier for couples to manage their affairs following a break-up. Opponents say it goes against the idea of marriage, adds expense and can leave the poorer partner under pressure to agree. Should pre-nups be encouraged? Which of these is closest to your view?
10 March 2014

Search for an EHIC, driving licence, passport or similar and you risk paying a shyster site for doing nowt. These sites appear high up on Google and dress up like legitimate sites, then charge you extra for what’s normally just easy form-filling. The Government’s announced extra cash for a crackdown - we want to judge the scale of the problem. Have you been caught out (or nearly caught out) by a shyster site and paid over the odds?
3 March 2014

Daily deals sites sell vouchers, which you then exchange for a product or service. They launched a few years ago to great acclaim, but some users now complain of email overload, sub-par deals and redemption problems. So we want to cut the wheat from the chaff. Please rate the daily deals sites you’ve used.
24 February 2014

Haggling sits up there with comparing prices, vouchers, codes and deals in a MoneySaver’s shopping skills arsenal. However, recently we've heard of people haggling in charity shops and wanted to get your views on whether you think it's permissible, even though it’s decreasing a charity’s take. Is it acceptable to haggle in a charity shop? Which is closest to your view?
16 February 2014

We run this poll on big banks' current accounts every six months to see how the experience changes. We’d love your feedback. Please vote based on CUSTOMER SERVICE for your main CURRENT account over the last SIX MONTHS. Please ignore rates or any other products, or service from before six months ago.
9 February 2014

Valentine's Day is coming, but has using vouchers finally broken through the last taboo? Is it acceptable to use 2for1 restaurant vouchers on a first date? We ask this each year - let's see if it's changed... Imagine Ollie asks Samantha to dinner on a first date, saying he'll pay. When the bill comes, he pulls out a 2for1 voucher – what advice would you give Samantha?
3 February 2014

The Labour Party says if it returns to power, it’ll reintroduce the 50% income tax rate for higher earners (those over £150,000) as it says they should bear a bigger burden.
Yet it's not clear whether this will actually bring in extra revenue, as it could act as a disincentive, while some will take their wealth overseas. We want to know your attitude to taxation of this type.
28 January 2014
















