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December

Revealed: The NEW best time to buy car insurance to get the cheapest deals
Getting car insurance quotes 20 to 26 days before the policy is due to start is likely to get the cheapest price from a comparison site, saving up to 40%, an MSE investigation reveals
10 December 2019

Payday lender PiggyBank sinks into administration
Payday loan provider PiggyBank has collapsed into administration and will no longer be offering new loans
10 December 2019

Election 2019: The MSE Leaders' Debate
It's the biggest consumer decision most will make in 2019. While it's important to factor everything in, voting to choose who should govern has a big impact on the pound in your pocket, and everyone else's too.
10 December 2019

100,000s of Help to Buy ISAs opened in week before deadline – here's what to do if you missed out
Over 40% of Nationwide's Help to Buy ISA accounts were opened in the final week before the deadline, as a last-minute rush saw over 300,000 applications at the building society alone - but if you missed out, you can still boost your savings with a Lifetime ISA
9 December 2019

Tesco Clubcard customers left unable to use points to get railcards
A "technical issue" has left Tesco Clubcard customers unable to use their reward points to purchase railcard products
6 December 2019

One in three Thomas Cook refund claims still to be paid
Around one in three of the first set of Thomas Cook customers to claim refunds after the holiday firm collapsed will not be paid within the aviation regulator's 60-day target
6 December 2019

First Direct and M&S Bank follow HSBC in hiking overdraft fees from March
First Direct and M&S Bank customers have been told their arranged overdraft interest rates will be more than doubled to 39.9% from next year
5 December 2019

Minimum top-up for most British Gas prepay customers to rise to £5
The minimum amount British Gas customers with prepayment meters can top up is set to increase from £1 now to £5 from 1 January. This comes as part of the energy giant's change to using Payzone terminals for its customers to top up
5 December 2019

GHD customers charged multiple times for Black Friday orders
Customers of haircare company GHD have reported being charged up to 11 times for online orders after its website crashed on Black Friday
5 December 2019

Netflix gets rid of its 30-day free trials
Streaming heavyweight Netflix has got rid of the 30-day free trial period it offers for new customers, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal
4 December 2019
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Budget 2021: Full round-up of what Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced
3 March 2021From extending furlough to increasing the contactless card payment limit; we round-up the key announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget 2021 -
Guarantor loan complaints overtake PPI for the first time in over a decade
3 March 2021Guarantor loans have overtaken Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) as the most complained about product that the Financial Ombudsman Service adjudicates on. It's the first time in more than a decade that PPI is not the most complained about financial product -
Budget 2021: Contactless payment limit to rise to £100
3 March 2021The contactless card payment limit will rise from £45 to £100, HM Treasury has confirmed. The news comes ahead of today's Budget, although Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to formally announce the shake-up in his speech -
Furlough and self-employed support extended as Chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to unveil Budget 2021
3 March 2021In an unusual move, the Treasury officially released details of the extension of its coronavirus income support schemes before the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his key Budget speech, which will take place at 12.30pm today. -
Coronavirus Employees' Help
3 March 2021If you're worried about work during the coronavirus crisis, this guide looks at your rights as an employee including who's eligible to be furloughed.
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
11 January 2021If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide...