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Britain's national wealth and debt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_wealth UK has GBP 7.3 trillion of national wealth. Per capita that's GBP 120,000....
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posted by MI5.Victim
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Camelot Lottery Scam??

I have always been warned off the National Lottery due to the poor odds at winning anything. So when I heard that the E...
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posted by chrisjbrady
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Nationwide BS

Corrected the two double debits the day after they were taken from my account. I did not occur any charges because I ma...
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posted by Gordon_News
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50% of PPI claimants didn't even have a policy

> Half of complaints made about mis-sold PPI by Claims Management > Companies (CMCs) between April and June were on beh...
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posted by deux
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IHT and lifetime gifts from married couples

I am familiar with the concept of Potentially Exempt Transfers (PETs) which become fully exempt from IHT provided the d...
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posted by watt.tyler
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question about taxes when buying a house

Hi I am from Greece and I am looking to buy a house in the UK with my girlfriend. My father in law (her father) Will pa...
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posted by ria.kalampaliki
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Ermine for Mervyn?

Being asleep on the job when the banking crisis hit, and failing to keep inflation to 20%pa for pensioners was enough t...
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posted by nouse
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5.375% retail bond 2019

This sounds ideal for my SIPP or stocks ISA, except one BIG question mark. An article and an ad in this weeks financial...
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posted by Stewart
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Credit Card "Contactless" Payments

There was a lot of discussion a couple of years ago when certain CC companies (notably Barclaycard, I think) introduced...
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posted by watt.tyler
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council tax debt

Hi all, My brother is currently being chased for council tax that a council claims he owes from back between 2003 and 2...
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posted by simonfinnigan
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Another form of tax avoidance

If I have the opportunity to earn a higher income through more work and study but do not take it, then can I be accused...
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posted by someone
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