May 2024

If you've used the social media platform Twitter – also known as X – over the past month or so, you may have encountered a bizarre glitch where tapping on any image, video or link unexpectedly takes you to MoneySavingExpert.com's (MSE's) car finance free reclaim page. To be clear: this ISN'T an advert, we AREN'T behind it, and we've reported it to X to investigate.

If you bank with Nationwide, you could get a free £100 paid into your account this month as part of the building society's returning 'Fairer Share' scheme. The bonus will be paid to millions of its current account customers who also have savings or a mortgage with it.

If you've got a Tesco Clubcard, urgently check if you have any vouchers that are due to expire, as £17 million worth will run out by the end of today (Friday 31 May). In addition, more than £27 million in 'Reward Partner' codes – vouchers that have been exchanged to spend at various third-party retailers – are set to expire over the next two weeks.

MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has grilled the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on whether he'll fix the Carer's Allowance "cliff-edge" that causes people to lose their entitlement when they earn just a penny over the threshold. The interview took place just before the general election was called last week.

The price households pay for gas and electricity will fall by 7% on average from 1 July as energy regulator Ofgem has announced the latest Energy Price Cap rates. Yet despite this, energy bills remain much higher than before the energy crisis hit. We've full info below.

If you took out a broadband, landline, mobile or TV plan with EE or Plusnet since 17 June 2022 but left your contract early and got charged exit fees, you may now be due a refund. Others who are still with EE and Plusnet may also be offered the chance to leave their contracts penalty-free. It comes after the firms failed to give 1.1 million customers key information about their contracts when they signed up.

Financial education should be taught on a compulsory basis in both primary and secondary schools in England, a cross-party group of MPs have finally said. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has welcomed the Education Committee's new report – which has put forward many of his proposals – arguing that every child deserves to be properly equipped for independent financial life.

If you pay for a Spotify 'Individual', 'Duo' or 'Family' subscription and don't mind giving up audiobooks, you can now save up to £24 a year by switching to one of its new 'Basic' plans. These don't have audiobooks but cost £1 to £2 a month less and let you keep all your other benefits, such as ad-free listening, downloads and high-quality audio – though only existing subscribers can access them for now.

If you have a Tesco Clubcard, you may be able to earn up to £50 in bonus points from Monday 20 May, as the supermarket is trialling a limited new promotion called 'Clubcard Challenges' for some shoppers. If invited, you'll be able to earn the extra points by hitting certain personalised targets on your spending.

If you get your electricity from Electric Ireland, you'll have to switch in the future, as the provider will stop supplying all 53,000 of its household customers in Northern Ireland over time – though there's no change for now. Here's what you need to know.