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Yes, I believe there is a "way" to fill in forms in order to have a better chance of being awarded a benefit. I'm sure I read an...

I may have said this before, but a disabled woman came in to say she had been turned down for a disability benefit. I obtained all the...

I was told people give too much useless information and really need to stick to simple answers.

My OH is eligible to claim Attendance Allowance for a nunber of reasons, I used to fill in loads of claim forms in the CAB, but she...

Here in N.I. we don't only have CAB but independent advice centres. They have trained staff who do nothing every day but fill out...

Yes, isn't it strange how they can always find the money to fund those on the Gravy Train? I don't see anything changing anytime soon...

Endowment! Commissions! Correct on both points.

Although it doesn’t apply to me I’m fuming that the government has stopped the Winter Fuel allowance, seems very unfair to pick on...

When my parents bought their first house in the late 1950s, mortgages were difficult to get. In those days you could get them from the...

These were Endowment Mortgages. The only guarantees were that whoever sold them, be it bank, broker, financial adviser, received a very...

I remember those days. I had a business loan/mortgage at the time and was royally ripped off by the bank. I ended up having to pay 19%...

I had a colleague who left his IT job to sell endowment mortgages!

Endowment mortgages,we had one as we were told that, at the time, it was the only way we would get a mortgage. We were told that we may...

I will say about the Winter Fuel Payment. A friend and her partner have always received it. He has a very large work pension she did...

A prime minister, even if for only a few days eg Liz Truss, will get a HUGE pension, and personal protection for the rest of theit lives.