June
WARNING! Now it's not just scam HMRC emails – expect calls too
Fraudsters pretending to be from HMRC are calling unsuspecting consumers – but you can fight back against these phoneys
30 June 2016
'Misleading' Nurofen TV advert banned
A Nurofen advert that claimed a product could specifically target joint and back pain has been banned from TV screens
29 June 2016
Student loans petition given the go-ahead for parliamentary debate
A petition calling for the end of retrospective changes to the student loans agreement has sparked a Westminster debate
29 June 2016
Homebase not accepting certain gift cards and vouchers – which ones can you use?
Homebase has stopped accepting a wide array of gift cards and vouchers after being taken over by new owners
29 June 2016
Currency company Ace-FX blames technical glitch as 1,000 customers see pre-Brexit transactions cancelled
Holidaymakers have lost out on hundreds of pounds after currency exchange company Ace-FX cancelled 1,000 orders
29 June 2016
New 0.99% mortgage – but is now the time?
You can slash your EXISTING mortgage costs by £1,000s with the cheapest-ever two-year-fix remortgage launched, at 0.99%
29 June 2016
Revealed: Huge price differences between branded and own-brand medicines and generic equivalents
Some branded over-the-counter medicines can cost up to eight times as much as generic equivalents – and even 'own brand'
29 June 2016
Plusnet hits customers with price increase – how to beat the hikes
Plusnet is to hike its home phone and broadband prices for a second consecutive year
28 June 2016
Student loans repayment threshold discussed in Parliament – but petition could spark bigger debate
The Government's U-turn on a promise to increase the threshold of student loan repayments has been debated in Parliament
28 June 2016
'I reclaimed £35,000 owed to my late husband using MSE's PPI guide'
A widow has received life-changing compensation from HSBC after sending off our PPI template letter
28 June 2016
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£17 million of unspent Tesco Clubcard vouchers will expire this month, but there’s a trick to extend them – here’s how
20 May 2022![]()
Some £17 million worth of unused Tesco Clubcard vouchers are set to expire at the end of the month. Use your vouchers now if you can but if not, there is a trick to extend them online. We explain how it works below. -
Millions of 4G smartphone owners may be due up to £30 payout after claims handset prices were inflated
20 May 2022![]()
Around 29 million 4G Apple and Samsung smartphone owners in the UK could be entitled to a payout of up to £30 if a collective action case by Which? is successful - although there are no guarantees. It comes after the consumer group claimed inflated manufacturing costs were passed onto consumers -
Boots and Co-op hike meal deal prices - here's how they compare to other major supermarkets
19 May 2022![]()
Boots and Co-op are the latest retailers to increase the price of their meal deals. Boots has upped costs from £3.39 to £3.59, and from £3.99 to £4.19 in its London shops, while Co-op's meal deal has jumped from £3.50 to £3.75. -
Financial regulator to punish banks and building societies that don't protect people's access to cash
19 May 2022![]()
Under the new 'Financial Services and Markets Bill' banks and building societies will have to ensure cash withdrawal and deposit facilities are available to customers in communities across the UK. -
Two MoneySavers reclaim £1,000+: How to check and challenge incorrect water bills if you use a soakaway or septic tank
19 May 2022![]()
Two MoneySavingExpert.com users have secured refunds and compensation worth thousands - and reduced their waste water bills - after arguing their bills should have been lower as their homes aren't connected to public sewers. Here's how others in England and Wales can maybe do the same.
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Martin Lewis: 'UO is just as important as UX: A tip for anyone developing their website or app'
6 May 2022![]()
I set up MoneySavingExpert.com nearly 20 years ago – when arguably the modern web was still in its infancy. With an abundance of self-belief (something I had too much of then, as I realise now) I decided not to read any books, or follow prevailing wisdom on how a site should operate – and just do it my way. -
Martin Lewis: Got a cash ISA? You should probably ditch it
3 May 2022![]()
Press the rewind button and go way back to April 2015... Possibly on the telly in the corner of your living room, I was on-air at the time urging savers as usual to use their new tax-free cash ISA allowance – because 'money was nicer in an ISA'. But things changed in 2016. -
Martin Lewis: Money and Mental Health charity 2021/22 – Covid & cost of living hell...
26 April 2022![]()
It's hard to believe the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) charity is now six years old. As the chair of trustees, each year I write the foreword to its annual report – and today the 2021/22 report is out, so I thought I'd blog my formal chair's foreword here. -
Martin Lewis: What happened to my pledge to give £10m to charity – 2022 update (spoiler: it's now £20m)
11 April 2022![]()
Nearly a decade ago, in June 2012, MSE joined the MSM Group and I pledged £10m to go to charity. As that was a public pledge and I feel I've a duty of transparency, every year or two I bash out a blog report to explain where I'm up to, and who's got what money.
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