If you pay before an expected direct debit, in some cases there'll be a cut-off date for it to be recognised and reduce the DD, whilst some other cards never reduce the DD once a statement has been generated. So, I presume that either you weren't quick enough or were given poor advice.

Only just found out about this upon receiving their final notice, as I don't often read their correspondence... Legal & General are closing their personal investing business in the second half of 2021. They're making arrangements to transfer portfolios to Fidelity. Customers have a choice to go ahea...

My letter today requires a response by 23 July. Having now looked briefly at the previous one, that required a response by 15 June. I don't know what, if anything, changed in the meantime. I'll most likely give consent for transfer of my L&G investments to Fidelity. It would be convenient and perhap...

Petition: Rename "London" to "Sterlingrad" if England win the euros

To honour Raheem Sterling and the success of the England football team since they adopted Marxism.

https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-ren ... -the-euros

My £60 boost is now payable; the credit card cashback itself isn't yet, but hopefully this is a good indication it'll be credited very soon.

I've not had any luck with other similar schemes linked to payment cards. MSE says that Nectar haven't published the list of participating retailers, which is somewhat unhelpful. Nectar says "hundreds" of firms are taking part – it's not published a full list but others include Coach, FatFace, Five ...

Farewell Kevin.

Yes. It's the right thing to do.

I had some direct debits, so switched mine out to another bank where I wanted those to go. The monthly saver closed automatically at the same time. Unfortunately, the Nationwide switch offer arrived just a little too late to be convenient for my M&S exit.

On the team? Sorry, no, I don't work for Tesco!

Try a different store? It's presumably a function somewhere on the checkout system.