The Home Office’s Migration Advisory Committee - yes, your government, today said that care home fees will increase swiftly under new plans to cut work visas for low wage migrants.
The running costs of care homes are expected to rise as government advisers said that relying on low paid immigrants is not a sensible long term […]
Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Stephen
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Action on Elder Abuse, whose website can be found at http://www.elderabuse.org.uk/ has told of thousands of elderly people being financially abused by their families and friends. The elderly are having their possessions, life savings and even their homes taken by close members of their own family.
The problem is so bad, say the charity that they […]
Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Stephen
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If you die without a will, your assets (after debts) are gifted in a manner called intestacy laws. These laws have been out of date for years, but finally the government is going to update them from February 2009, for England and Wales.
Currently, if you die without making a will and you leave a spouse/civil […]
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Stephen
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Legal Services (UK) Limited has teamed up with Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF), a unique national charity fighting life-threatening liver disease, to offer its supporters the opportunity to make or update their wills at a specially discounted fee.
CLDF is hoping that this special offer might encourage supporters to consider leaving a legacy to enable it […]
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Stephen
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Sir George Pinker was the Royal gynecologist who delivered the two children of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Princes William and Harry.
He left one and a half million pounds sterling in his estate. The bulk of that estate went to his four children, Ian, William, Robert, Catherine.
Sir George died in April 2007 at the […]
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Stephen
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The Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) - website http://www.publicguardian-scotland.gov.uk/ - has announced price increases from 1st August 2008.
In particular the fee for registering a Power of Attorney (POA) has now increased from the previous £60 to a new figure of £65.
This follows a consultation on increases to its fees between February and early […]
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Stephen
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No doubt your mother (if you were lucky enough to have one, if not your step mother, guardian, foster mother etc) provided lots of love and care as well as financial support through your early years. So do you have to leave them money if you die before them?
The answer is mostly ‘no’. Let’s start […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Stephen
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Christine Gill spent 30 years devoting her life to looking after her parents and in particular running the family farm. Her work as a university lecturer made it easier for her to help at the farm during the bust summer months. She made the sacrifices on the clear understanding that her parents would leave her […]
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Stephen
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So true, so true, but who said it first?
It’s difficult to know exactly, but records do show that perhaps the first was Daniel Defoe, in The Political History of the Devil, 1726. He said:
“Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.”
So he didn’t exactly say the well known phrase, so, again, […]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Stephen
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Businessman Jimmy Swanston assured his younger lover that she would be looked after, after he died, so his mistress knew something was wrong when his will provided her with nothing, when he died.
The man’s son is now in court accused of forging (he has denied this) his late father’s will and depriving Miss Powell of […]
Posted on June 12th, 2008 by Stephen
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