BBC is branded ‘amateurish’ over license fee letter timing

BBC is branded ‘amateurish’ as it emerges letters explaining the end of free TV licenses will not be sent until after the change takes place Around 3m viewers will no longer be exempt from £157.50 fee from August The ‘payment invitation’ letters will only start being posted from this weekend  Age UK’s Caroline Abrahams said: … Read more

Santander ups monthly Lite fee and cuts cashback on phone and internet bills

Santander doubles the account fee for its Lite current account customers and slashes cashback perk for phone, internet and TV bills In October Santander’s cashback for 123 and 123 Lite accounts will change The monthly fee for the 123 Lite account will double from £1 to £2  Santander says changes are the result of the … Read more

Licence fee chaos as paying system is already unable to meet demand due to coronavirus staff cuts

The BBC’s plan to scrap free TV licences for the over-75s has been launched into chaos as the system used by 4.5million pensioners to pay their levy before August 1 is already unable to meet demand due to coronavirus staff cuts.   The corporation announced this morning that more than three million households face paying the £157.50 … Read more

Licence fee chaos as paying system is already unable to meet demand due to coronavirus staff cuts

The BBC’s plan to scrap free TV licences for the over-75s has been launched into chaos as the system used by 4.5million pensioners to pay their levy before August 1 is already unable to meet demand due to coronavirus staff cuts.   The corporation announced this morning that more than three million households face paying the £157.50 … Read more

Tory MP to cancel licence fee after BBC podcast on: ‘How can white women not be Karens?’

Fury at BBC over race podcast where presenters branded white women ‘Karens’ and said they should ‘read some books’ and ‘stop being so loud’ The clip is from an episode of the BBC’s No Country For Young Women podcast The host and two guests were discussing ‘How can white women not be Karens?’ Karen is … Read more

Tory MP to cancel licence fee after BBC podcast on: ‘How can white women not be Karens?’

Fury at BBC over race podcast where presenters branded white women ‘Karens’ and said they should ‘read some books’ and ‘stop being so loud’ The clip is from an episode of the BBC’s No Country For Young Women podcast The host and two guests were discussing ‘How can white women not be Karens?’ Karen is … Read more

City dealmaker Staveley was pledged fee ‘6 times’

City dealmaker Staveley who helped rescue Barclays was pledged fee ‘6 times’ By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 6 June 2020 City dealmaker Amanda Staveley was promised six times that she was entitled to the same fees as the Qataris who helped rescue … Read more

Mobile app Bits says it can boost your credit score for a monthly fee

An app called Bits is aimed at those with a limited credit history and is designed to boost an Experian score through a monthly fee  It is often considered something of a catch-22 that in order to make yourself eligible for credit you must first take out credit. There are often stories about ‘mortgage invisibles’, … Read more

Mobile app Bits says it can boost your credit score for a monthly fee

An app called Bits is aimed at those with a limited credit history and is designed to boost an Experian score through a monthly fee  It is often considered something of a catch-22 that in order to make yourself eligible for credit you must first take out credit. There are often stories about ‘mortgage invisibles’, … Read more

Simon Cowell ‘donates his £1million fee from Marks & Spencer advert to children’s charity’

Simon Cowell has reportedly donated his £1million fee from his recent Britain’s Got Talent Marks & Spencer advert to a children’s charity.  The talent show mogul, 60, is said to have asked the retailer to support Together For Short Lives over the next year with his commercial cheque.   The children’s charity helps families and kids with a life-limiting … Read more