Discos grab-bag crisps calorie con – food labelling must improve
Inaccurate price labelling is usually my territory. Yet similar tricks are played with nutrition and I want to highlight an annoying ploy to make salt and vinegar Discos look less calorific. Buying crisps in a travel WH Smith is always frustrating, partly because they’re overpriced, but also because it only sells grab-bags. (Really Smith’s, can you not...
Sheer ignorance from financial giant Fidelity on student finance
My inbox has just been dirtied by a terrible press release from giant finance company Fidelity. It latches onto people’s misunderstandings about student finance to flog its junior ISA product. So I’ve quickly bashed out this blog to explain. Here is the release… ___________________________ £125 A MONTH FOR YOUR CHILD TO FINISH UNIVERSITY DEBT-FREE As the nation’s...
Don’t throw bank statements away after six years
The conventional wisdom is you only need to keep bank, credit card and other personal finance documents for six years. This is because HMRC (the taxman) can only ask you to go back that far if you’re being investigated for tax purposes. However, I think the landscape has changed in recent years, and therefore everyone needs to...
What’s happened to my £1m donation to Citizens Advice?
In June 2012 I pledged a £10m donation to charity. A chunk of that was £1m to the UK’s Citizens Advice service, which I followed through on very soon after. Some of you may be interested to know what it chose to do with the money. For full info on what happened to the rest, see my...
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Martin Lewis: Is it time to ban unnecessary Christmas presents?
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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... -
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.
