Set up by parliament and funded by the financial services industry, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is independent and completely free to use. FSCS can step in to pay compensation if an authorised financial firm fails and its customers have lost money as a result. For more information about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme visit … Read more
My husband and I have decided to divorce. It’s all very amicable but as part of our joint estate we own a house in Spain which we are now looking to sell. The house is valued at €300,000. We’re unclear as to what the tax implications are for us once the money from the sale … Read more
More than 90 per cent say taxpayers should not have to pay Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s £20m security bill, Good Morning Britain poll finds Good Morning Britain conducted a poll for followers of the show on Twitter Since it surfaced yesterday, 90.6 per cent said taxpayers shouldn’t fun security On the show today, Diana’s … Read more
Picturesque Italian town with a dwindling population tries to lure new residents by offering to pay their rent and waive school meal fees and taxes Teora, located in the Campania region of Italy, has a population of around 1,500 Newcomers will be given 150 euros a month towards their rent for two years Or they … Read more
Credit card customers of high street bank Halifax have reportedly been hit by charges when trying to make Klarna repayments, the buy now, pay later firm said. In a statement on its website published last week following an exclusive story from This is Money which revealed a Tesco Bank credit card customer had been charged … Read more
Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over a flight delayed by more than four hours, with a court describing the airline’s actions as ‘unacceptable’ The no-frills airline was sued over a July 2019 flight from Palma to Barcelona The unnamed passenger turned up for the flight but did not board it … Read more
Fraud fund used to pay back blameless scam victims extended AGAIN as squabbling banks can’t decide on a long-term solution Seven banks including the UK’s biggest names have been funding a central pot This was initially due to run out at the end of 2019 and be replaced Banks cannot decide on a long-term solution … Read more
Virgin Galactic is asking potential customers to pay a £1,000 deposit to join a pool of ‘qualified prospects’ for space travel ahead of the launch of new ticket sales. They will charge more than £200,000 a pop for the tickets when they go on sale, but say that won’t be until the first of the … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Former Bond girl Jane Seymour and her sisters Sally and Anne pose in identical dresses to pay tribute to their late mother By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:36 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:36 GMT, 1 March 2020 And next on … Read more
A member of one of Britain’s most notorious crime families has been ordered to hand back over £1.2million of his ‘dirty’ money or face a further seven years behind bars. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Adams, 64, was jailed for seven and a half years for drug trafficking after his money laundering operation with accomplices was foiled in … Read more