Team Blog

This week we have heard some great examples of how embracing all things MSE can make a life-changing difference, whether it's by reclaiming thousands of pounds cash you've overpaid or by winning a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in a competition you've found via the Forum.

Have yourself a merry homemade Christmas and take inspiration from the DIY exploits of MSE HQ and friends. By making their own wreaths, baubles, cards and other decorations using foraged or recycled materials, these MoneySavers cut down on a little of the waste and a lot of the expense of Christmastime. (And it's fun too.)

We love hearing how the MSE Forum has helped inspire MoneySavers to reach their goals, whether it's paying off a mortgage or achieving debt-free status. This week one Forumite told us how tips from the Forum had made a difference to them.

Whilst MSE's experts have been crunching the data to work out what the Budget means for your pocket, this week the Forum has asked and answered the usual array of MoneySaving questions, from the trivial to the life-changing.

This week we heard about a Forumite's once-in-a-lifetime 10-day holiday they won in a competition they'd found on the MSE Forum, and celebrated the news that two more compers will soon be off on amazing short breaks.

At MSE, we're proud to be always fighting consumers' corner (it's right there at the top of our website). The lead-up to the Budget is a key opportunity to tell the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, what we want to see in her first Budget of the new Labour Government.

This week on the MSE Forum we've heard from MoneySavers pondering purchasing decisions of all sizes, from air fryers to armchairs and dehumidifiers to cars. Read on for more of the latest highlights from our online community.

There is a lot of joy to be found (and money to be saved) when shopping in charity shops. If you're embracing preloved as a shopper, here are my tips and tricks, and some from MSE Forumites and followers, too.

A 2023 Eurostat study found Denmark was the most expensive country in the EU. But don't let that put you off visiting the land of hygge – there are ways to experience it on the cheap. Using a few timely deals and clever apps, you can make your krone go further than a Danish cyclist crossing the Øresund Bridge into Sweden. I racked up three nights for £125.86 all in. Here's how you too can be a Scandi saver.

We've already written about how to use a foodbank in our How to get free (or cheap) food guide, but this blog explores the other side: how to donate to a foodbank in the most effective and MoneySaving way. With more people than ever likely to need a foodbank this year, let's see how we can help.