If you see an empty triangle, that means you can safely use bleach on your piece of clothing when necessary. Bleaching symbols on washing labelsīefore you turn to your bottle of bleach to make your whites shine like they used to, it’s worth taking a look at your garment’s fabric care label to see if the clothing can handle bleaching agents. If you find the hand wash symbol on your garment’s fabric care label, wash the item by hand at 40 ☌ or lower, or use your washing machine’s hand wash program. In case you see one line drawn underneath the bucket, it means that your piece of clothing should be washed on a synthetic cycle, while two lines represent the gentle or wool wash cycle. If the garment is machine washable, then you’ll either see dots or numbers inside the bucket symbol, representing the recommended maximum temperature: one dot means 30 ☌ (meaning that you have to wash your clothing in cold water), two dots 40 ☌ (warm water), and four dots 60 ☌. It is generally depicted as a bucket filled with water (except for the ‘Do not wring’ symbol). Volatility in mortgage products was also examined in the committee meeting, with increasing base rates being blamed for the recent inconsistency in products.This group of UK washing symbols helps you decide if your clothing is safe to wash in your washing machine, and which setting, and what temperature you should use. This point was made by Assam who stated that, as so many different lenders have different approaches to mortgage lending, the mortgage charter, which currently covers 85 per cent of the financial market, can provide some certainty for customers on what is available. The committee additionally discussed the mortgage charter, with lenders saying that, while much of what the charter offers is already available, it is still benefical to customers.

Skipton Building Society interim CEO, Charlotte Harrison, said: “In terms of the trend of percentage of customers that are in arrears that remains flat year-on-year.”

Santander UK mortgage director, Bradley Fordham, added that, while there has been a small uptick in arrears, the rates were still 20 per cent below pre-pandemic levels and 70 per cent below the levels in 2009. This observation was echoed by the other lenders on the panel including Lloyds Banking Group homes director, Andrew Asaam, who said: “Arrears remain very low in a historical context”.

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