I received a letter from my insurer, LV=, three weeks prior to the renewal date of my car insurance. The price had risen from £513 to £600. When I called, LV= offered me a nominally smaller premium – but I decided to use a price comparison site to find a cheaper insurer. I found a … Read more
ASK TONY: TSB – The bank that said ‘NO’ when my frail 86-year-old mother asked to open an account so she could receive her pension By Tony Hazell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 3 March 2020 I took my 86-year-old mother to a TSB branch to … Read more
I recently travelled to Saudi Arabia for work and while there used my phone, which is with O2. However, after leaving, I checked my bill from the phone company and found a charge for £1,710.66 which was taken for 285.09MB worth of data usage. It was taken on Thursday 13 February 2020 at 4:56am. But … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Global markets will ride out the coronavirus crisis Global stock markets have fallen to their worst levels since 2016 China’s supply chain dominance makes the epidemic more problematic than SARs, as China only accounted for 5% of world economy in 2003 Markets will bounce back but investors will have to be patient By Ruth Sunderland … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. Ms J.G. writes: In 2016, I set up my own limited company and used an accountant to complete … Read more
My father, 92, was admitted to a dementia care home early last September. I have Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). I rang TalkTalk to cancel his account but they refused because I wasn’t the account holder and didn’t have his password. I was passed around, each time explaining that my father had no memory of … Read more