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March

Jobseekers urged to apply for FREE railcard giving 50% off fares

Jobseekers are being encouraged to use a discount card that gets them 50% off rail travel

18 August 2020

Car hire comparison sites promise to show total costs upfront

More than 30 leading car hire websites have promised to be more upfront about the total price customers will pay

29 March 2018

IT shutdown stops TSB offering new mortgages to existing customers

TSB has stopped accepting new mortgage applications for fixed deals from existing customers for up to six weeks

29 March 2018

Major Avios shake-up likely 'by the end of the year'

A major overhaul of the way Avios points are collected and redeemed could be rolled out by the end of 2018

29 March 2018

Post Office and BT cut landline-only bills

The Post Office has agreed to cut landline-only customers' bills by more than £65 a year from May

29 March 2018

Average council tax bill in England set to rise by 5.1%

The average band D council tax in England will rise by £80 this year, the Government has announced

28 March 2018

Government plans plastic bottle deposit scheme to cut waste

Shoppers in England could face paying a deposit on drinks bottles and cans which is then repaid when they hand them in

28 March 2018

Megabus ads which promised £1 fares banned

Two Megabus adverts promising £1 fares have been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency

28 March 2018

Broadband prices hit seven-month low - check NOW to see if you can save

The broadband price war is hotting up with prices dropping to the cheapest we've seen in the past seven months

27 March 2018

Admiral double-charges 100s of insurance customers

Insurance firm Admiral has apologised after hundreds of its customers had their direct debit payment doubled in February

27 March 2018

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Martin Lewis: How much the Govt expects parents to give their children while at university 2020/21

18 September 2020
Martin Lewis: Working from home (even for part of the week) due to coronavirus? Claim £6/week tax back on extra costs

15 September 2020
Is it time to ban Christmas presents?

14 September 2020

Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of...
Martin Lewis: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my Twitter and Facebook followers… and it may be why they're buying more Jaffa Cakes

7 September 2020

Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make items next to it look like bargains. So I wanted to do a little experiment to test it
Martin Lewis: Payment holidays extended – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more

11 August 2020

Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it?