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Helen Saxon

Helen Saxon

Deputy Editor

Helen currently has strategic responsibility for delivering MoneySavingExpert's clubs and tools. Her main focuses are Credit Club and Cheap Energy Club, but she's also responsible for the site's calculators and other tools, such as Compare+ Car Insurance and – most recently – a gilts calculator, which helps compare their potential return with savings.

Previously Helen's responsibilities as Deputy Editor also included responsibility for content across the money, utilities, features and deals areas of the site. In addition to this, she was also jointly responsible for the production and distribution of the MSE weekly email, ensuring its accuracy and readability.

Helen joined MSE in August 2019 to look after the banking, credit cards, loans, savings and insurance content on the website. She held this role until 2022.

Before joining MSE and becoming a journalist, Helen spent much of her time talking to them as a PR, first for a debt help charity, then for a lenders' trade association – both of which helped her gain important knowledge and expertise in personal finance. She has also worked in content strategy for a top-six bank, leading on UX content for its new app-based account.

Latest from Helen Saxon

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Millions are now being told when making a bank transfer online or by phone if the name of the person they think they're paying doesn't match the actual name on the account. The new 'Confirmation of Payee' scheme is designed to combat scammers and guard against customer errors – and while not all banks have the system in place, if yours has, you'll likely see it next time you set up a new payee.
12 July 2020
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Renters in England and Wales are set to get another two months' breathing space as the Government has extended the ban on evictions put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
4 June 2020
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The Government has agreed to change its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance after a campaign by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis – it's now clarified that firms can rehire and furlough those who left their job for a new job which then fell through due to Covid-19.
22 April 2020
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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will give customers a £300 interest-free overdraft buffer for three months from Monday 6 April in a bid to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic, while Barclays is to waive all interest on overdrafts from Friday 27 March to 30 April 2020.
25 March 2020
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American Express is to link customers' credit card interest rates to the base rate, and is scrapping its charge for breaching credit limits.
15 September 2019
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A new savings scheme which gives up to a £1,200 bonus to people on low incomes has been launched.
16 September 2018
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First-time buyers will pay zero stamp duty on the first £300,000 of any home that costs up to £500,000 with immediate effect, the Chancellor announced in today's Autumn Budget. This means on a home worth less than £300,000, you'll pay no stamp duty.
22 November 2017
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Millions of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers have seen their overdraft costs rise this month, some by hundreds of pounds a year.
7 November 2017
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The new Tax-Free Childcare scheme which gives eligible families an extra 20% towards childcare costs will launch in April, the Chancellor announced today. But with just one month to go, details about how it will work are still sketchy.
8 March 2017
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The new Investment Bond from Government savings provider NS&I will pay savers 2.2% for three years from April 2017, Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed today. Despite its name it's a savings account that pays interest, it's not a risky investment.
8 March 2017
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Hundreds of thousands of Santander customers who have its 123 credit card could see their cashback cut from next February, as the bank caps the amount of cashback cardholders can earn.
17 November 2016
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The last bastions of decent interest rates - high interest accounts - are disappearing fast. Lloyds, First Direct, HSBC, M&S and TSB have all followed Santander's lead and decided to cut their rates, either immediately or in the next few months. Plus Halifax has also slashed its monthly reward.
19 October 2016