Foodbank financial triage – an update
In August I blogged that I was going to fund a radical pilot scheme to get financial triage into foodbanks with the Trussell Trust. The idea is that when people are asking for food, it’s a great time to try and help them manage their money and see what help is available – so hopefully the trip...
Cancelling the 55% tax on unused pension pots could be a disaster for many older people
In the last Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced he was freeing up much of the pension market so people could take their money when they wanted – 25% of it tax free and the rest at their income tax rate. Today, at the Conservative Conference, he has said that if over 75s do that and die, and there’s money...
Try the new mobile friendly MoneySavingExpert.com
We’re in the midst of a huge exercise to make the main site more mobile friendly guide by guide (this blog hasn’t been made more mobile friendly yet, so don’t judge the project on this). In fact, what we’re actually doing is making the site responsive. In other words, the page will scale and change depending on...
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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...
