Emily White

Senior News & Investigations Reporter

Emily has over six years of experience in journalism, starting her career as a local news reporter in 2018 before joining MSE in May 2021. She has tackled a range of critical topics at MSE, including consumer rights, energy, debt, and financial regulation.

Some of Emily's biggest stories include Ryanair's barring of customers who received Covid refunds, the shutdown of tax rebate firm Tax Credits Ltd for forgery, and discrepancies in the Warm Home Discount scheme. These stories have been covered by some of the UK's biggest newspaper outlets, including the Daily Mirror, the Daily Express, The Sun and The Guardian.

Emily has earned several award wins and nominations, including winning the Rising Star of the Year Award at the Headline Money Awards in 2023 and being shortlisted for the Wincott Foundation's Personal Finance Journalist of the Year Award alongside MSE founder Martin Lewis. In 2022, she also won an MHP's 30Under30 Young Journalist Award in the Personal Finance category.

Outside of journalism, Emily is passionate about writing plays and short fiction, and enjoys hiking, running, and reading.

Latest from Emily White

Premium Bond-holders will be able to continue getting paper prize cheques after NS&I bowed to complaints about plans to axe them.

23 June 2021

Thousands of homeowners with Aviva and Persimmon leases are set to benefit following a crackdown on unfair terms by the Competition and Markets Authority - some will also be refunded certain costs. It follows concerns these leaseholders may have found themselves trapped in homes they've struggled to sell due to doubling ground rent clauses and unaffordable freehold prices.

22 June 2021

A new plastic £50 note featuring the inventor and codebreaker Alan Turing has entered circulation today (23 June). It will replace the current paper design featuring entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt, which you'll no longer be able to use from 30 September 2022.

22 June 2021

Waitrose has shaken up its terms and conditions to prevent shoppers with a daily, weekly or weekend newspaper subscription from using their MyWaitrose card in the same transaction. It means shoppers can no longer stack the two schemes together to get a bigger discount on their shop.

20 June 2021

Pet owners have been warned to stop feeding certain dry food to their cats over fears it could be linked to a fatal disease. Certain Applaws, Pets at Home, Sainsbury’s and Wilko branded cat food made by Fold Hill Foods are affected by the precautionary recall but you can get a full refund from retailers.

20 June 2021

JPMorgan Chase has this week struck a deal to purchase UK digital investment platform Nutmeg. Both firms have confirmed there will be no change for Nutmeg customers for now, although they've promised a wider range of products and services in future.

17 June 2021

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Thousands of Triodos savers will be asked to switch to managing accounts online-only going forward. The so-called "ethical" financial provider is rolling out the move over the next few years, although vulnerable customers and those who can't access services digitally should get in touch as exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

14 June 2021

The easing of most lockdown rules in England has been delayed until 19 July amid concern about rising coronavirus cases, though limits on guest numbers at weddings will be lifted on 21 June. We've the latest below on the lockdown rules, plus your rights to a refund for holidays and events which may be cancelled in the wake of today's announcement.

13 June 2021

Monzo users shopping at Tesco stores across the country may have been charged twice after a technical error. Tesco says it is investigating and adds that it aims to reverse duplicate transactions within a day. Affected Monzo customers can also reverse payments via its banking app. Here's what's happened.

10 June 2021

Thousands of savers hoping to transfer to Nationwide's 'Member Exclusive Fixed Rate ISA' are facing delays, with some waiting as long as three months. It comes after the building society was inundated with requests for the new account, which was a MoneySavingExpert.com best buy at the time of its launch in March.

9 June 2021

Furniture Village orders have been delayed after it was hit by a cyber attack, although the retailer insists it's proactively contacting customers to reschedule deliveries. Meanwhile, shoppers should also consider changing online passwords and remaining alert for suspicious activity as Furniture Village is still investigating if personal information is at risk.

8 June 2021

British Airways and Ryanair are to be investigated over concerns they broke consumer law by failing to offer cash refunds to passengers who couldn't legally travel due to Government restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

8 June 2021

Thousands of Lifetime ISA savers have had their 25% bonus payments delayed by over a week after a HMRC "technical error". It means some first-time buyers looking to purchase a home before the stamp duty holiday ends this month could be left as much as £1,000 out of pocket, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

8 June 2021

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Unleaded prices are at their highest level in two years, experiencing the biggest annual increase in 11-years, according to motoring firm the RAC. It blames the hikes on retailers charging motorists more to make up for falling fuel sales during the pandemic.

2 June 2021

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Thousands of former customers of the defunct gas and electricity supplier Green Network Energy (GNE) are still waiting for EDF Energy to set up their accounts – four months after it was appointed as their new supplier – and it's unclear when the problems will be resolved.

2 June 2021

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Car and home insurers are to be banned from charging existing customers more at renewal than they would expect to pay when taking out a new policy with the same firm, as part of a ‘loyalty penalty’ crackdown. The financial regulator estimates the shake-up will save £4.2 billion over 10 years.

31 May 2021