Further to my post in August regarding Santander. I mentioned that I had emailed Lord Burns the Chair of Santander at the House of Lords. Needless to say I received no reply. The end result was that we moved to another bank.From the 3rd of October Santander hiked their Standard Variable Rate to 4.74%. The Bank of England base rate is 0.5%. It is no wonder young people cannot afford a first time mortgage – another excellent reason for going elsewhere.
“On reading this “offer” of £30 I cannot tell you how Judas Iscariot must have felt but I can certainly tell you that my reaction to this insult and egregious impertinence was that of incandescent rage”………………………………..
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