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• 33% will be more careful about spending
• Top financial concern this Christmas is affording heating bills
• 22% won’t be able to spend as much as usual
• People to spend £522.20 this Christmas, down from £605.20 in 2021

Drivers should check for side-effects on any medication they are taking

National Grid earlier today warned the market that it was poised to activate its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) tomorrow (29^th November) in reaction to outages of France’s Nuclear energy fleet. This was then cancelled this afternoon after it secured more energy to withstand current demand.

The DFS is designed to avoid blackouts in the UK, and it is an initiative that will see certain households financially incentivised to turn off some household appliances between certain hours of the day.

• A further 27% will be using fewer lights this Christmas
• Just 21% of people will be putting up the same number of lights as 2021

12% just renew their policy every year but a third (33%) shop around every 12 months

• One in five motorists under 35 believe that driving while hungover is legal
• Nearly a quarter (23%) of people have admitted to having driven with a hangover previously

• New research reveals 40% of Brits are unaware that driving with snow on the roof can put them at risk of a penalty
• 44% of drivers do not realise that splashing a pedestrian with rainwater is illegal
• Go.Compare shares winter driving tips for keeping your car legal in the colder months

Almost one in ten say they find holiday pics annoying and 13% say they are bored of them

• 47% of UK adults don’t discuss debts with their loved ones
• Over a third of adults are thinking about consolidating their debts
• 16% of Brits say the cost of living crisis has changed their view of debt consolidation loans