Magnificent readers sent £1m in cheques as £10.8m Mail Force campaign helps children keep learning

Almost £1million in cheques from generous readers has now been banked by the Mail Force charity – with every penny helping get schoolchildren online. An incredible 15,800 cheques have been received, many of which come with heartwarming letters of support for the campaign which aims to bridge the ‘digital divide’. Hundreds of thousands of pupils … Read more

Magnificent readers sent £1m in cheques as £10.8m Mail Force campaign helps children keep learning

Almost £1million in cheques from generous readers has now been banked by the Mail Force charity – with every penny helping get schoolchildren online. An incredible 15,800 cheques have been received, many of which come with heartwarming letters of support for the campaign which aims to bridge the ‘digital divide’. Hundreds of thousands of pupils … Read more

‘All cheques and no balances’: Labour blasts Boris Johnson over £2billion cost of ‘crony contracts’

‘All cheques and no balances’: Labour blasts Boris Johnson over £2billion cost of ‘crony contracts’ handed to Tory friends and donors during the coronavirus pandemic Labour’s Rachel Reeves  attacked a lack of oversight over contracts handed out Accused Government of overseeing an ‘an unseemly gold rush’ of PPE contracts  Said: ‘This crisis has been an opportunity … Read more

How NS&I failed to give older savers a voice over Premium Bond cheques

NS&I ignored savers without the internet before making the decision to axe Premium Bond cheques in the post, insider reports reveal. The savings giant has been accused of abandoning older customers in its drive to axe prize warrants to save money and paper.  Now Money Mail has discovered that the bank only consulted customers with … Read more

NS&I gives Premium Bond prize cheques temporary reprieve

Premium Bond prize cheques given temporary reprieve, after NS&I announces U-turn on plan to cull them By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 Premium Bond prize cheques have been given a temporary reprieve, after National Savings & Investments announced a U-turn … Read more

NS&I customers demand it ditches plan to scrap cheques for good 

Today Money Mail lays bare your distraught reaction to NS&I’s proposal to axe Premium Bond cheques and pay winnings direct into bank accounts instead. This means customers must provide their bank details online or over the phone, which many savers say they are just not comfortable doing. The Treasury-backed bank yesterday bowed to pressure from … Read more

Mandarins on £200k a year got £20k cheques

Whitehall officials banked at least £42 million in bonuses last year – and the true figure is likely to be much higher, the Daily Mail can reveal. Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence pocketed the lion’s share of salary top-ups, with the department spending more than £12.2 million on bonus packages. Bureaucrats on salaries of … Read more

NS&I to stop sending Premium Bond winnings as cheques

Premium Bonds go paperless: NS&I will stop sending out prize cheques in the post to help reduce unclaimed winnings cases NS&I will completely phase out paper prize warrants after next February   Savers will instead be told to provide their bank details and be paid by transfer 74% of NS&I customers have already gone paperless but … Read more