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Martin Lewis, MoneySavingExpert.com’s (MSE's) founder and chair, is today strengthening his call for the Chancellor to overhaul the Lifetime ISA (LISA) in his 22 November Autumn Statement. Young savers should not be essentially fined – and lose their hard-saved cash – when they purchase homes above the scheme's £450,000 limit. This is a problem that leaves far more at risk now than when LISAs launched in 2017.
6 November 2023

New laws to crack down on online scam adverts, including fake celebrity endorsements, are finally to be introduced. MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) and its founder Martin Lewis, whose name and image are often misused by scammers online, have long campaigned for action on scam ads. But there's still more to be done to protect consumers and it needs to happen soon.
25 October 2023

NS&I has withdrawn its hugely popular 6.2% one-year fixed savings deal for new customers from today (6 October). But the account was always going to be short-lived, according to MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, who recently issued a clarion call to savers urging them to bag the top rates before they disappear.
5 October 2023

EDF Energy will cut bills by £30 for some 260,000 of its customers who get the Government's Warm Home Discount this winter. But with a typical home paying £2,000 a year for energy, the one-off £30 discount is 'not a game-changer', says MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis.
28 September 2023

You must act NOW to get the top-paying rate on an easy-access savings account, MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has urged. Santander's best buy account offers 5.2% interest, but it will be axed to new customers after 11.59pm tonight. Martin explains everything you need to know in his latest video.
12 September 2023

The Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, Claire Coutinho MP, has rejected Martin Lewis' call to do more to help 80,000 teens with special educational needs or disabilities unlock their Child Trust Fund money. The MoneySavingExpert.com founder wrote to the Minister about the problem but she's written back... and effectively said no.
24 July 2023

Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has been questioned by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis about his lack of action to bring down standing charges and why he's yet to introduce an energy social tariff. On ITV's Good Morning Britain (on 19 July), Martin also grilled the minister on whether more support would be offered to vulnerable people this coming winter.
18 July 2023
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