I purchased a Xiaomi Mi electric scooter for £469 from Halfords on 1 July 2020. As the weather got colder I noticed it was losing power and speed, and at Christmas it completely stopped working and charging. It is under a two- year warranty. I contacted Halfords and returned the scooter as requested. I have…
Property prices in Yorkshire and the north-west could rise by almost 30% over the next five years, more than double the rate of growth in London, a leading property firm has predicted. Researchers at Savills had expected house prices to remain flat in 2021 across the UK, but measures to support the market including last…
Q In 2019 I bought a flat in my sole name. My boyfriend – who is a first-time buyer – and I would like to buy a house together in the near future. Is it right that we won’t be able to qualify for the zero stamp duty rate? Would he be able to use…
After a night of storms in mid-January my mother woke up to a wet ceiling, and it soon emerged that the small flat roof that covers part of her home was leaking. She phoned her insurance company, RIAS, to report it, and contacted an emergency roofer with a good reputation. He confirmed the roof was…
Rishi Sunak will face questions from MPs on the influential Commons Treasury committee this week over his spend now, pay later budget plan to combine emergency Covid support schemes with the biggest tax rises since 1993. The chancellor outlined tax rises on companies and middle-income workers to pay for an extra £65bn of financial support…
Young women would have to work nearly 40 years longer than men to build up the same retirement pot, according to a report highlighting the pensions gender gap. The average woman in her 20s can expect to have £100,000 less in her pension pot than a man of the same age as a result of…
