MoneySavingExpert News
April

Coronavirus Self-Employed & Small Limited Company Help
If you're worried about work during the coronavirus crisis, this guide looks at your rights if you're self employed, including what help's there for limited company directors.
13 April 2021

Coronavirus Employees' Help
If 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.
6 April 2021

Coronavirus Universal Credit & Benefits
If you're suddenly unable to work due to the coronavirus crisis, or you've been laid off, this guide looks at what benefits you can claim, what you're entitled to under universal credit plus tells you how to make a claim.
6 April 2021

Holiday Extras customers furious after getting vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled airport parking
Hundreds of angry customers have hit out at airport parking site Holiday Extras after it changed its usual refund policy and sent them vouchers rather than refunds for cancelled bookings
7 May 2020

Watchdog to investigate unfair coronavirus cancellation policies
The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into complaints that some firms are failing to refund customers for cancellations due to coronavirus - and it's threatened to take legal action to enforce consumers' rights if needed
30 April 2020

Beware mortgage payment holiday calculation errors – make sure you aren't being overcharged
If you're taking a mortgage holiday, check what your payment will change to when you start repaying. Here's what you need to know about what to look out for.
28 April 2020

How to try to beat the Ryanair refund trap – with passengers STILL fighting to get cash back for cancelled flights
Here's what to try if you're struggling to get your money back from Ryanair for a flight cancelled due to Covid-19...
28 April 2020

1.6 million payment holidays offered to mortgage holders affected by coronavirus
One in seven UK mortgages is now subject to a payment holiday, after 1.6 million mortgage breaks were offered to customers who have been impacted by Covid-19
28 April 2020

Got travel insurance you're sure you won't use? Many insurers will now pay out a refund if you cancel
Major travel insurers including Axa, Churchill and Direct Line are now offering pro-rata refunds to customers who’ve ruled out travelling due to coronavirus and want to cancel their policy
27 April 2020

Competition watchdog inundated with complaints about holiday refunds
The competition watchdog has received almost 21,000 complaints linked to coronavirus since early March and 80% of those it's now getting are about cancellations and refunds
24 April 2020
14 April 2021
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Incl new best time to buy car ins, £1 MOTs, cheap petrol
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Cheapest loans at 2.8% disappearing
If you need to borrow, now's the time
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Required to work from home, even for a day?
Now claim TWO years' tax relief (worth up to £280)
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Martin: 'REVEALED - self-Employment Income Support Scheme 4'
Applications start 22 Apr
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New FREE guide on what to teach kids about spending money safely online launched
13 April 2021Not-for-profit internet safety body Internet Matters has launched a free ten-point guide with tips to help kids and young people build good online money management habits. -
'I'm self-employed but confused about whether I can claim the fourth grant' – Unsure? Here's what you need to know
13 April 2021100s of self-employed people are confused about what constitutes being “adversely affected” by coronavirus, we have some helpful scenarios to work out where you stand, as well as HMRC’s guidance. -
Coronavirus Self-Employed & Small Limited Company Help
13 April 2021If you're worried about work during the coronavirus crisis, this guide looks at your rights if you're self employed, including what help's there for limited company directors. -
Coronavirus Travel Rights
13 April 2021The coronavirus outbreak is causing major travel disruption around the globe -
Jobseeker's Sim deal with UNLIMITED data, calls and texts for £10/mth is back
12 April 2021Jobseekers claiming certain work-related benefits can once more get unlimited mobile data, minutes and texts for £10 a month.
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Martin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
23 March 2021Within 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?