Help to Buy and other mortgage schemes – make sure you have all the info
My boyfriend and I are hoping to buy a house in the not too distant future, and have begun making enquiries after many discussions about where and how we would do it. We live in a flat on a new development that is still being completed. And when we saw houses available there that fit our criteria,...
Would you be more likely to pay tax if HMRC popped a personal Post-it Note reminder in your mail?
Here’s a wheeze: the taxman is trying to get stubborn payers to cough up what they owe by sticking a handwritten note proposing a chat (and including a phone number to call) on his letters. It looks like a clever – if unusual – folksy touch to try to encourage tardy citizens to pay their dues. But there’s something...
The Government’s first-time buyer mortgage plan is flawed, says a first-time buyer
The Government has made a big song and dance about helping those with small deposits, particularly first time buyers, onto the housing ladder. However, in my opinion, its plans announced this week won’t work (see the Government unveils mortgage plan MSE News story). And I say this as part of the group it wants to help, as...
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13 ways to use less plastic AND save cash
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Plastic waste has been in the headlines recently, with the PM proposing plastic-free aisles in supermarkets, Scotland planning to ban plastic cotton buds and Iceland stores aiming to slash plastic use. And it’s with good reason – shockingly, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation predicts there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050. -
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22 January 2019
Are you always throwing out food that’s gone off? In November it was claimed that new food labelling guidance could save shoppers £1 billion a year by prolonging the lifespan of food and stopping edible items being thrown out. That’s likely to be introduced later this year – but in the meantime we’ve 12 tips to help you stop throwing...
