25,000 helped out of debt crisis via one agency alone
MoneySavingExpert.com celebrated its 10th birthday on Friday. We received many kind tributes to the work we’ve done, but I was especially delighted to read this open letter from StepChange (CCCS as it used to be known). Congratulations on MoneySavingExpert.com’s 10th birthday! It’s great to hear that the site, a British institution, has been running for a whole...
MoneySavingExpert.com was born 10 years ago today
It’s our birthday. On 22 February 2003, the switch was turned on for MoneySavingExpert.com and its forum. There were 400 people on my Martin’s Money Tips email list back then, and I was just about to get my big break on ITV’s This Morning. A bit like the Queen, this is our official birthday. But the very...
“I tricked my daughter into downshifting”
For years, I’ve banged on about the Downshift Challenge – trying one brand level lower of everything you buy to see if you can tell the difference. If you can’t, then you stick with the cheaper version. One of the most powerful areas for this is in non-food items like cleaning products, shampoos, bath products, etc. After...
“Martin Lewis, thank you for helping me make my baby girl!”
I met a lady while filming in Ripon on Friday who told me: "Martin, thank you for helping me make my baby girl." Having never seen her before, nor her 11-week-old daughter, and as it was on camera, I was somewhat taken aback and a little worried we might have been about to tread into an...
Do your kids go to an academy school? I’ve a job for you
Yesterday, it was announced that financial education is to become part of the compulsory national curriculum within citizenship and maths. This is fantastic news, but it only binds maintained schools, which are 50% of secondary schools. Academy schools are free to opt out. While many academies do still follow the national curriculum, it is very important parents...
Not even a mention, Mr Gove? Plus breaking the quiet carriage rules due to Financial Education tip off
I still can’t quite believe it. Financial education is going to be part of the national curriculum (see the MSE News story). I found out sitting on a London to Manchester train at 9.58am yesterday – 90 minutes before it happened. I must admit I broke the quiet carriage rules with an involuntary "yessss", to receive a...
10 changes that’d make the Green Deal more popular
Writing our new Green Deal Mythbuster guide to explain this potentially powerful scheme, was a frustrating task. Enabling people who can’t afford it, to get double-glazing, underfloor heating, cavity wall insulation and more is great. The problem is explaining it is hellish, as the system is over-complex and couched in the language of debt. My worry is...
Will there be an ISA season this year?
Every March and April, it’s cash ISA season. Banks and savings institutions fire out very hot rates – typically 0.5-1 percentage point higher than the best buys from before the cash ISA season started. The reason is simple. One ISA year ends on 5 April, the next starts on 6 April – so you have two...
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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... -
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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.
