The Tesco pricing error story that appeared earlier this week was interesting. I was taking about it on a BBC programme and when I suggested that we had a responsibility as consumers to check our bills when we have done our shopping I was told that surely it was Tesco that should be making sure their pricing was correct, and…
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The Government, in particular George Osborne who was Chancellor at the time, made it all sound really attractive when he stood up on Budget day and announced the changes. ‘It’s you money, you should be able to do what you like with it’ was what he seemed to be saying and while, within limits, that’s the case what the Chancellor didn’t explain very well
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I get lots of questions from readers asking whether they should consolidate existing debts into one new loan. It can often seem like a good idea – having one loan with one bank or other lender might be easier to administer than looking after payments on five or six credit cards – but there are several factors that you have…
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Here’s one example. I was on a flight last week, I won’t embarrass the airline by naming them here, and when we landed and the seat belt signs went out we all stood up to get our luggage out of the overhead compartments. We were
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