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Recent Blogs

• Martin Lewis: Had a PPI payout? If so, you can reclaim the tax on it

  21 March 2023

• Martin Lewis: What happened to my pledge to give £10m to charity – 2022/23 update (spoiler: it's now £20m)

  23 February 2023

• Martin Lewis: I averaged 24,630 steps a day (burning 3,886 calories) in 2022 – here's how...

  9 January 2023

• Martin Lewis: Is it time to ban unnecessary Christmas presents?

  5 December 2022

  Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of...

• Martin Lewis: The one thing everyone aged over 66 needs to know

  29 November 2022

  It is a national tragedy that getting on for a million pensioners, many of whom have been paying into the system for years, are missing out on a critical boost to their income. It's called pension credit, and this year it also means you get an extra £650 to help with energy bills.