Revealed: £59m has been paid out in Cold Weather Payments already this year compared to ZERO in the same period of 2020 Cold Weather Payments are given to homes when it is below freezing More than 2m of the £25 payments have been handed out already this year By comparison, in the same time last … Read more
Controversial Strictly star Seann Walsh ‘has been claiming furlough payments since December after comedy gigs dried up amid the pandemic’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 01:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 02:02 GMT, 18 February 2021 Comedian and controversial former-Strictly contestant Seann Walsh has reportedly been claiming furlough payments since December amid the … Read more
Tesla will start accepting bitcoin payments for its cars ‘in the near future’ as it invests $1.5billion and drives cryptocurrency price to record-high of $44k Tesla has invested around $1.5 billion in bitcoin, the company said on Monday It also said it will start accepting payment for its cars and other products with it Bitcoin’s … Read more
What continuous payments are draining your account? It’s hard to tell and even harder to stop – that’s why we demand action Continuous payments allow companies to continue to take payments from customers’ debit or credit cards until the instruction is cancelled Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Now TV and Spotify are among those using this method By … Read more
Britons trying to pay overseas direct debits and send money to banks and companies in Europe are having their transactions blocked as Brexit continues to cause hurdles and headaches. Those trying to send money abroad now have to provide an additional layer of detail when making payments as the UK is now classed as a ‘third … Read more
A new probe has revealed that TfL has been earning more from Congestion Charge fines than legitimate payments in the last year Motorists were handed fines totalling £130million by Transport for London over the course of a year for failing to pay the capital’s Congestion Charge. That is more than double the £52million in revenue … Read more
Universities shell out £500k on bosses’ digs: College chiefs enjoy payments for housekeepers and utilities… while students have to pay for flats they can’t live in because of lockdown £512,309 was spent on residences by 26 universities from 2019 to last year Some vice-chancellors at universities have TV licences and gardening covered Comes as students … Read more
Tesco shoppers are stunned when supermarket debits their bank accounts for petrol station payments up to FOUR months after they filled up Shoppers who’ve incurred bank charges due to delays should ask Tesco to reimburse them, said MoneySavingExpert.com One reader told MSE at weekend they were charged £30 the previous day for petrol bought on … Read more
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice is to confirm that payments will be stopped in post-Brexit shake-up of agriculture Environment Secretary George Eustice will give details on the cuts today The subsidies will be cut from next year and gone altogether by 2028 The National Farmers’ Union warned last night that it … Read more
Interest payments on the national debt to be £70bn lower than expected over next five years thanks to rock-bottom rates By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 Interest payments on the ballooning national debt will be almost £70billion lower than previously expected … Read more