Is it time to applaud politicians who U-turn?
Whether you run a business, a charity, or an enterprise, one key skill is learning to innovate. That means trying new things you hope will work, but understanding that in practice, they might not work as predicted. Sometimes you get it wrong, pull the idea and carry on. When our governments do this, we call it a...
Why the ‘bedroom tax’ should be scrapped
In principle, those living on benefits with spare rooms shouldn’t get extra money for them. Yet the implementation of the under-occupancy charge has been weak at best, cruel at worst, and may turn out to be a national false economy. Early this year, MoneySavingExpert.com published welfare changes information to help those impacted by them. We don’t usually...
Let’s have a (cha)party – as #currysongs trends worldwide: My Top 10
It all started with a simple and innocuous tweet last Tuesday evening. On the day we prepare the weekly email, all those working late (it’s part of the job) get dinner on MoneySavingExpert. Last Tuesday, it was Indian food. So a little MSE Towers banter started as I started suggesting some relevant songs that could be played....
What’s the proudest day of your career? Which actor would play you in a film?
Ask me how to save someone money and I can reel the answer off at speed. Yet when you’re on the telly you often have ‘quirky’ questions thrown at you and it’s never easy to try and come up with something that’s both a) true and b) interesting/entertaining. As I’ve recently had to do just this for...
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Martin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
20 October 2020
Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it? -
Is it time to ban Christmas presents?
14 September 2020
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: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my Twitter and Facebook followers… and it may be why they're buying more Jaffa Cakes
7 September 2020
Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make items next to it look like bargains. So I wanted to do a little experiment to test it
