MoneySavingExpert News
September

Lloyds and Halifax contactless fraud procedures 'under review' after MSE reveals security flaw
Banks to examine their policies after we revealed lost and stolen cards can be used by crooks months after cancellation
26 September 2016

Revealed: Hidden 27% rise in university costs for parents of new starters in England
Parents of students going to university are facing a large hidden hike in the amount they are expected to contribute
26 September 2016

HMRC clarifies you only get a Concentrix lump sum if all tax credits were stopped
Only if your entire tax credit claim was wrongly stopped by Concentrix you'll receive a lump sum repayment
26 September 2016

Three takes on Apple with rival interest-free iPhone 7 deal
Mobile network Three has launched a payment scheme to rival Apple's - so how does it compare? We crunch the numbers
26 September 2016

500 million Yahoo user accounts hacked - what to do to protect yourself
Yahoo has admitted that personal information from at least 500 million user accounts has been stolen
23 September 2016

'Super-complaint' submitted to regulator over protection for victims of bank transfer scams
Which? is demanding banks do more to help customers who've lost money after being tricked into making a bank transfer
23 September 2016

Npower worst energy supplier at dealing with customer complaints, Ofgem reveals
Customers who made a complaint to their energy supplier are less satisfied with how it was handled compared to 2014
22 September 2016

Morrisons first 'big four' supermarket to offer 10% discount for uni students
University students will be able to get 10% off their weekly food shop at Morrisons for the next three months
22 September 2016

Economy Energy probed by Ofgem over selling practices
Regulator steps in amid fears the company's marketing and telesales practices could have broken the rules
22 September 2016

E.on pays out £3.1 million after missed appointments
Energy giant E.on has paid out £1.2 million to customers and £1.9 million to energy charities for missed appointments
22 September 2016
25 May 2022
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10 big tips to cut motoring costs
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Energy price cap predicted to rise 42%
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Martin Lewis backs calls to ensure search engines must prevent scam ads as part of the Online Safety Bill - here's all you need to know
26 May 2022MoneySavingExpert (MSE) founder Martin Lewis has backed calls by consumer group Which? to tighten the wording within the forthcoming Online Safety Bill to ensure search engines, as well as social media companies, are forced to prevent fraudulent ads from appearing on their platforms. As it stands, the wording states that search engines only have to "minimise" fake ads. -
Watch Martin Lewis's Q&A with Rishi Sunak on the new cost of living support package – plus more info on today's announcement
26 May 2022Martin puts his, MSE users' and his social media followers' questions to Rishi Sunak following today's announcement of a new cost of living crisis support package. -
Morrisons becomes the fourth major retailer to hike meal deal prices this year - here's how it compares
24 May 2022Morrisons has increased the cost of its meal deal by 50p from £3 to £3.50, making it the fourth major retailer to up prices this year. Here's how it compares. -
NS&I to increase the Premium Bond prize rate to 1.4% – here's all you need to know
24 May 2022After the rise, the odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will increase from 34,500-to-one to 24,500-to-one. -
Coronavirus travel rights
24 May 2022We've the latest on the testing and self-isolation rules for travellers visiting popular destinations abroad, plus full refund and insurance rights for overseas and UK travel.
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Martin Lewis: What I asked the Chancellor to do when I spoke to him on Monday...
26 May 2022With the announcement of the Government's energy cost of living plans due out at lunchtime. I thought I'd speedily bash out a note down of what (from memory) I'd asked the Chancellor for when we spoke on Monday - and the other general suggestions I've been making. -
Martin Lewis: Got a cash ISA? You should probably ditch it
24 May 2022Press 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: 'UO is just as important as UX: A tip for anyone developing their website or app'
6 May 2022I 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: Money and Mental Health charity 2021/22 – Covid & cost of living hell...
26 April 2022It'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.