Doing something rather brave – I won’t be working next Tuesday
I’m doing something rather brave. I’m planning not to work next Tuesday. Now that may not sound much, but since February 2003 when I set up MoneySavingExpert, I’ve done some work every Tuesday – that includes during my honeymoon and paternity leave for baby MSE. Tuesday is the day we put together and write the weekly Martin’s...
Should MoneySavingExpert encourage tax avoidance?
Update 14 November 2017: From the Paradise Papers to the Panama Papers, Jimmy Carr to David Cameron and Google to Starbucks, headlines about avoidance continue to split the nation – some view it as a moral abhorrence, others legal self-protection. So I thought it would be worth setting out mine and MSE’s view. First of all, let’s clear...
A poem of modern Britons – written in the strangest way
This poem came about by accident, and for me that makes it even more beautiful. On St George’s Day, I asked people on my Facebook page: "What are you doing today?" The unplanned result was a portrait of Britons from the mundane to the magnificent. As I read it, I realised it was a poem and needed...
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Recent Blogs
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
22 October 2019
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
Martin Lewis: Debt desperation to happy homeowner in 8 years
21 October 2019
No matter how dire your money situation seems, there is always hope. Things may never be perfect, but they can improve and taking action is the best way to make that happen. The team recently forwarded me an email from Jay, which exemplifies that in beautiful technicolour detail. And Jay has now kindly given me permission to reproduce it
