Housebuyers facing 'significant' cost pressures

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#housebuyers #mortgages #cost #firsttimebuyers #homeowners

Energy bills predicted to fall by 7% in July
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#energybills #bills #householdcosts #householdbudget

A carer who works and has Carers Allowance stopped because earnings over limit (currently £151 a week) should do 2 things 1. Get calc checked at CitizensAdvice. Can deduct half pension conts and average wages over 5 weeks. If wrong ask for mandatory reconsideration then appeal

More #publicservice run for profit. We must compel #peopleandplanetbeforeprofit Better Business Act shttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/18/child-care-cost-year-wealth-funds-councils-britain-residential

Not owned by the Government! Just compelled to put people and planet BEFORE profit!

Why do we give them money, and not get anything.

That isn't Capitalism is it?

Despite expectations that households would run down savings, or borrow, to cope with higher prices, the cost of living crisis has in fact turned Britain from a nation of spenders to savers.

Households have cut their consumption by even more than their incomes have fallen.

Excellent that #DROfees are a thing of the past. But non-profit community advice agencies get no funding for the hours of work to set them up. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Cheap healthy meals: healthy eating on a budget
Here are a few ideas you can use to help you eat a healthy diet and reduce your food bill.
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#foodiefriday #moneysaving #foodbills

'I got married on a Thursday and saved £3,000'
More couples are choosing to get married on a weekday in order to save money.

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#ThriftyThursdays #weddings #moneyadvice #moneysaving

Do you find it hard to budget or, conversely, difficult to spend? Vicky Reynal reveals what our financial choices reveal about our psyches – and what can be done to ease our money worries
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#moneyworries #wellbeingwednesday #anxiety #moneyhabits

4 instances your landlord should be paying your council tax bill
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#renting #landlords #counciltax #bills #moneyadvice

Buying a first home is a major challenge for most people. But when you’re on your own, it is even harder.
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#firsttimebuyers #moneyadvice #homes #housing

And that's why there isn't enough social housing! That's why there's so much homelessness and with homelessness comes poverty, loss of dignity, isolation!

We're delighted to announce the shortlisted finalists for this year's IMA Money Advice Awards, which will be presented at #IMAConf24 . Thanks to category sponsors Experian_UK Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) @CDER Group, full details on our website: buff.ly/3xvhcUR

'I am worried for my elderly disabled neighbour, he lives alone, but has young people calling at the house at all times of the night and day. I took some post round for him the other day & I noticed he didn’t have the heating on & had a horrible bruise on his arm...'

#AskPenny

Outcry led to HMRC's helpline closure U-turn
In March, the tax authority announced the phone line would be closed between April and September, only to reverse the decision within 24 hours and keep it open.
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#HMRC #tax

UK millennials: have you recently moved back in with your parents?
We would like to hear from adults in the UK who have recently had to move in with their parents
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#housing #moneyadvice #moneysaving

Charities are reporting heightened concern among pensioners who fear being dragged into paying income tax.
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#pension ers #pension #moneyadvice #incometax

UK households to have water bill cut by '50 per cent' after April rule change birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-l…