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Recent Blogs

• Martin Lewis: Why are energy standing charges so high? What can be done?

  26 September 2023

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

  11 September 2023

  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: Five things all new English university starters should know

  4 September 2023

  The 2023 academic year is about to start, and it'll see the biggest shake-up to student finance in England for a decade. The changes are both subtle and massive. On the surface they look like a tweak, in practice they will increase the eventual cost of going to university by over 50% for many typical graduates.

• Using plastic overseas? Always PAY IN EUROS (even if it says 0% commission)

  18 July 2023

• Martin Lewis: 80,000 teens' Child Trust Fund cash locked away. Government holds the key – my letter to the Children's Minister

  11 July 2023