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 a 23-year-old with an obsession with vanilla lattes, eyeliner, books and band t-shirts, I’ve had to work hard to develop any sort of money-saving skills. Thursdays after work used to be spent strolling around my local shopping centre on its late night evening with my friends, buying hair products, […]
What is life really like when they knock on your door? Here one man reveals his own traumatic story and how having the CSA in his life for almost two decades destroyed his health, left him in debt and drove him to the brink of suicide. Names have been changed […]
I’ve written before about the negative impacts that wearing make-up can have on you. Don’t get me wrong, I love make-up, I have a box (or two) filled to the brim with eyeliners, mascaras, every colour eyeshadow under the sun and all different shades of lipsticks. And I hardly ever […]
Ask a passer-by what they think of the younger generation and most will give you the same sort of answer. They’re lazy, entitled, afraid of commitment and too much like hard work. And they’re obsessed with Starbucks, lattes, snapchat and Netflix. Oh, and don’t forget that they never stop complaining […]
Just picture it, you’ve turned up to the interview of your dream job, you’re punctual, you’re looking smart and you’re confident that you are perfect for the role. You sail through the interview and you tick all the boxes but you don’t get the job. Why? Because you’ve got a […]
The question of Maternity Leave is an accepted part of modern life. No doubt improvements could be made to better the conditions but that a woman needs time off work to give birth and to be with the baby afterwards is not contested. However, a select committee of MPs has […]
As new figures reveal we are all going to live longer, that old Victorian ethic of working ‘til you drop is becoming a sad fact of life. While retirement was once seen as a time to relax and enjoy your last few years, soaring life expectancy means people will have […]
We are all over the news! We, the elders, the patriarchs, the matriarchs, the old codgers. We are part of a culture which loves to have someone to blame. It’s good to have a ‘Gordon Brown’ type figure who was responsible for the collapse of the world economy and for […]