Almost half of UK employees have paid too much tax because they are on the wrong tax code, or through errors with deductions. That means 14.3 million people are possibly out of pocket. And already 2.8 million people say they have been affected in the past year alone. And HMRC […]
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A judge has accused HMRC of almost ‘terrorising’ a man on benefits. And experts have warned that HM Revenue & Customs seem to be making more and more mistakes in demands. In a recent judgement Judge Geraint Jones QC ruled in favour of a taxpayer who had appealed against a […]
As some pilots flap around over more pay for their 90-hour month and flight computers crash-land for summer … once again the great British getaway to the sun is being tripped up by things beyond the average family’s control. But what appears to be worrying bruised and battered holidaymakers the […]
As the United Kingdom claws its way through the rubble that Brexit is becoming, more and more countries across the European Union are telling British ex-pats that life will go on as normal. The European Commission has asked – but not ordered – member states to grant temporary residence permits […]
Quite rightly in this world, we cannot discriminate against people on the basis of race, creed, religion, disability, sex, age etc etc… but do you know who we can discriminate against with impunity? Tall people that’s who! And do you know why? Because being tall isn’t a disability or indeed […]
QUESTION: My wife and I set off on an extended break in Europe on June 11, 2017, intending to return to the UK in mid to late September. Before we went we called in our the HSBC branch in the Midlands to inform them that our cards etc would […]
Holiday letting boss who says he will ‘fine’ you if you make a noise after 11pm An English holiday home owner on the Costa Blanca who lets his three-storey villa out to families across Europe threatened to ‘report’ his ex-pat neighbours for playing their radio after 11pm. And then in […]
Bedroom cyber expert Marcus Hutchins is being described as a hero for his role in stopping the global cyber virus which hit more than 200,000 companies and organisations in 150 countries around the world. Working by himself at the back of his home in Devon, Marcus says he noticed the […]
Shawn Peacock, aged 40, says he has spent the last two decades ‘on the road’ because keeping on moving is the only way he can feel safe… I absolutely hate suffering from depression and anxiety, I can become the living embodiment of Rainman in a second… do you know, I […]
Film-maker Louis Frost has asked the Consumer Watch Foundation to share his very personal video, One Day, about his battle with depression … it is a harrowing documentation of desperation and, ultimately, of hope that one day Louis will get his life back…