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- What does Brexit mean for the UK
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- Gap insurance: do you need it?
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- Travel Insurance For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
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- Wedding Insurance: Find out what it covers and slash costs
- Will insurance quotes from a comparison site affect my credit score?
- Young Drivers' Insurance
Loans
- Buy Now Pay Later Explained
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- Credit report: Check your credit score for free
- Credit Unions: Local community savings & loans
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- Representative APR for personal loans
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- Extend your lease: Step-by-step guide & calculator
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- How to buy the freehold or get the right to manage
- How to remortgage your house
- Leasehold vs freehold guide to buying
- Mortgage best-buy comparison
- Mortgage life insurance: Save £100s on your cover
- Moving home checklist: top last minute tips
- Porting a mortgage: can I transfer to a new home?
- Process of buying a house: timeline
- Property search: find your dream home
- Remortgaging fees: how much will it cost
- Remortgage Guide: Free PDF guide to remortgaging
- Remortgage: reasons you should (& shouldn't)
- Rent a property: Tips to help if you're renting
- Right to Buy Mortgage Scheme
- Should I overpay my mortgage?
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- What is equity release and how does it work?
- What fees will you pay when buying a house?
- What to do if you can't pay your mortgage
- What type of mortgage to choose?
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- Council Tax Bands: Lower your band & save £1,000s
- CPP mis-selling – are you due £100s?
- Credit Card Charges: Full guide to reclaim £100s
- Experian CreditExpert ID Fraud Insurance Refund
- Fight Unfair Private Parking Tickets
- Financial Ombudsman - Your financial rights
- Free uniform tax refund: reclaim £100s
- How to claim a council tax discount if you're 'severely mentally impaired
- NHS tax reclaim: Can you get £1,000s back?
- Parking Ticket Appeals
- Pothole Claims: How to claim for pothole damage
- Reclaim Bank Charges
- Reclaim Forgotten Cash
- Reclaim overpaid council tax
- Reclaim Packaged Bank Account Fees
- Reclaim payday loans for free
- Reclaim PPI for free
- Reclaim unwanted Amazon Prime
- Small Claims Court: Settle consumer disputes legally
- TfL Overcharge Refunds
- Train Delays: How to claim if it's late or cancelled
- Tube Delays: How to get a refund
Shopping
- 12 Buying From China Tips
- 30+ Ways to Stop Scams
- 40 eBay buying tips
- Amazon Discount & Deals Finder
- Best Cashback Sites
- Buy cheap stolen goods
- Buying Online From Europe Post Brexit
- Cheap Online Shopping: 40+ tips to cut the cost
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- Cheap Perfume: 20 tips to slash costs
- Christmas Gift Cheques
- Company Administration Help
- Consumer Rights Refunds Exchange
- Extreme Couponing
- Free cloud storage services
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- Free Money Mantras Card
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- Freebies, freebies, freebies
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- Haggle on the high street
- Gift cards and vouchers
- Haggle on the high street
- How to Complain: Bad service or dodgy goods?
- How to get free (or cheap) food
- Late or missed delivery? How to complain
- Lost luggage auctions: Grab bargain unclaimed suitcases
- Loyalty Points Boosting
- Martin Lewis FAKE & LIAR ads
- Reclaim & Boost Tesco Vouchers
- Rent your parking space
- Returning unwanted Christmas gifts
- Section 75 refunds
- Shopping Secrets: tricks shops don't want you to know
- Stream Free Music Online
- Supermarket Shopping Tips
- Tap Water: Where can I get it for free
- The Downshift Challenge Tool
- Top money saving tips, tricks & treats
- Visa, Mastercard & Amex Chargeback
- Watch Movies & TV Online
Students
- Best Graduate Bank Accounts
- Beware paying uni fees upfront
- Free Mature Student Guide
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- Professional & Career Development Loans
- Should I repay my student loan?
- Student Bank Accounts
- Student loan interest rates - should I repay?
- Student Loans Mythbusting
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Travel
- 16 Center Parcs Tricks
- 19 cheapest ways to get travel money
- 19 tricks to cut cost of Easyjet flights
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- 22 tips on cheap UK hotel stays
- 30 tricks to boost and max Avios
- 50+ Motoring MoneySaving tips
- 65 Overseas Travel Tips
- Amsterdam On A Budget
- Barcelona On A Budget
- Budget Flight Fee-Fighting
- Cheap Airport Parking: Heathrow, Gatwick & more
- Cheap Car Hire
- Cheap Council MOTs
- Cheap Flights: Bag cheap scheduled & charter flights
- Cheap Package Holidays
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- Cheap things to do in London
- Cheap Train Tickets
- Cheaper Train Season Tickets
- Costa del Sol On A Budget
- Daily Mail '£15' Holidays
- Disney World Orlando Tickets
- Driving in Europe: Requirements and tips
- Flight Delay Compensation
- Free EHIC Card: Millions expire each year
- Get an ESTA for US travel
- Glove box parking aid
- Has your airline changed your flight time?
- Holiday Rights - cancellations & delays explained
- How to buy dollars
- How to buy euros
- How to get a flight upgrade
- How To Get Cheap Hotel Deals
- How to Park Right
- Is your driving licence valid?
- New York On A Budget
- Nine airline seating tips
- Oyster card refunds
- Paris On A Budget
- Passport renewal: watch out for copycat sites
- Rome On A Budget
- Secret Hotels: How to uncover bargain rates for top hotels
- Snow day - your employee and travel rights
- Using credit card at an ATM: bad for credit score?
Utilities
- Best green energy suppliers – should I switch?
- Broadband Haggling
- Cheap Boiler Cover
- Cheap Gas & Electricity
- Cheap Heating Oil
- Cheap Northern Ireland Energy
- Cheap or Free Solar Panels
- Cheap Prepaid Gas & Elec
- Cut your water bills
- Digital TV Deals: Best digital TV offers
- Do I need a TV licence?
- Energy bills explained
- Energy direct debits help
- Energy mis-selling: Get money back
- Energy Mythbusting
- Free Antivirus Software
- Free Insulation and Boilers
- Haggle with BT
- Haggle with Sky
- Haggle with Virgin
- Is Economy 7 right for you?
- Netflix Hacks: Cut the cost of subscribing
- Smart Meters: What are they & should you get one
- Smart thermostats explained
- Tariffs with no standing charge
- Tips to Boost Broadband Speed
Deals
- Alton Towers deals
- Amazon deals
- Argos deals
- Asos deals
- B&Q deals
- Best Kitchen Deals and Discounts
- Black Friday deals
- Boots deals
- Cheap Train & Coach Deals deals
- Cheap Champagne & Prosecco Deals
- Cheap Cinema Tickets
- Cheap gym memberships & free passes
- Cheap iPad deals
- Cheap Wine Deals & Offers
- Contact Lenses deals
- Currys deals
- Days Out deals
- Debenhams deals
- DIY Deals and Discounts
- Disneyland Paris deals
- Fashion & Beauty Deals
- Food & drink discounts and deals
- Frankie & Benny's deals
- H&M deals
- Health & beauty deals and discounts
- High Street Sales: Top Sales on Now
- Home, Garden & Pet deals
- Ikea deals
- John Lewis deals
- Just Eat Deals
- Lidl deals
- M&S deals
- Mobiles & Gadgets deals
- New Look deals
- Next deals
- Odeon deals
- Pizza Express deals
- Pizza Hut deals
- Shoes deals
- Skincare deals
- Spotify deals
- Student discount deals
- Supermarket Discounts
- Railcard deals
- Restaurant Vouchers: Top Deals & 2for1 Offers
- Tesco deals
- Things to do with the kids deals
- Thorpe Park deals
- Travelodge deals
- Transport deals
- Vue Cinema deals
Tools
- Amazon Discount Finder: Hunt secret 75%+ off deals at online giant
- Balance Transfer Calculator: Which card will cost you least?
- Benefits check-up: 5 min tool reveals what you're entitled to
- Car Ins Job Picker: Fun tool to save cash tweaking job titles
- Cheap Energy Club - Compare Gas & Electric and Save
- Credit card eligibility calculator
- Credit Club - Get your Free Credit Score, Credit Report and more
- Council Tax Calculator: Are you in the right band? Check 'n' challenge
- Compare Top Broadband Deals: Broadband Unbundled MSE
- Eligibility Calculators: footprint free credit score check
- Fixed Mortgage Calculator - Ditch your fix?
- Free travel money tools - how much does your card charge abroad
- How much can I borrow: mortgage calculator
- Income Tax Checker: What will the taxman take?
- Loans eligibility calculator
- Local eBay Deals Mapper
- Min. Repayment Calc: Beat the sneaky credit card trap
- Mortgage Calculator: Simple calculator for repayment & interest only mortgages
- Mortgage Deposit Calculator - saving for a deposit
- Mortgage Holiday Calculator
- Mortgage Overpayment Calculator: Pay off your debt early?
- Mortgage rates: compare two deals
- Offset mortgage calculator
- Personal Loan Calculator
- Premium Bond Calc: Uses probability to find what you'll win
- Regular Savings Calculator
- Resolver - free complaints tool
- Stamp Duty Calc: What will you pay when you buy?
- Stoozing Calculator: Free cash from credit cards
- Student Finance Calc: Find how much you'll really repay
- Tax Code Calculator: Are you losing £1,000s with wrong code?
- The Demotivator: Stops you spending what you can't afford
- Travel Money: Get the best foreign exchange rates
Savings
- Are Your Savings Safe?
- Best Children's Savings Accounts
- Cheapest SIPP: Build a low cost DIY pension
- Child Trust Funds: Should you switch to a junior ISA?
- Financial Advisers: Picking & paying for an IFA
- Flexible ISAs: what are the rules & which banks allow it
- Full ISA Guide: Save without paying tax
- Fund need-to-knows
- Guide to Taking Your Pension
- Help to Buy ISAs
- Help to Save Scheme
- How to Start Saving Money
- Investing for beginners
- Lifetime ISAs: How they work, who they're for & all best buys
- New State Pension
- Peer-to-Peer Lending
- Pension credit: what is pension credit and how do I qualify?
- Pension liberation: Beware pension liberation scams
- Personal pension need-to-knows
- Personal Savings Allowance
- Premium Bonds: Are they worth it?
- Regular Savings Accounts
- Repay Debts or Save?
- Robo-investment cashback deals
- Share dealing need-to-knows
- Stocks & Shares ISAs: Find the cheapest platform
- Supermarket savings cards
- Tax-Free Savings & the Starting Saving Rate
- Top Cash ISAs
- Top Junior ISAs
- Top Savings Accounts
- What is Pension Auto-Enrolment?
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Iceland now offers interest-free loans if you're struggling with the cost of living - but be careful as they will impact your credit score
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Iceland has begun offering interest-free loans of up to £100 to those struggling with the cost of living, with the money to be used on your Iceland shop. But - as with any borrowing for everyday living expenses - be careful as you may get stuck in a cycle of debt. -
Train or Tube journey affected by August strikes? Your refund rights
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Transport services across the UK are to be disrupted again this month with thousands of rail workers due to walk out on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August. -
Energy standing charges will continue to include the cost of supplier failures, as Ofgem rules out changes
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Energy regulator Ofgem has decided against moving the cost of supplier failures out of the standing charges for gas and electricity and recovering it through the unit rates instead. MSE founder Martin Lewis has been calling on Ofgem to shift the burden in the price cap away from the standing charge, to ensure those who cut down their use see a real impact in their bills. -
Dream World Travel customer? Here are your holiday and refund rights
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Holidaymakers affected by Dream World Travel going bust in July may still be able to travel as planned. For those who can't, you may be able to claim a refund via a new claims portal set-up by the aviation regulator. -
Coronavirus travel rights
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We'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: The one thing everyone aged over 66 needs to know
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It is a national tragedy that getting on for a million pensioners, many of whom have been paying into the system for years, are missing out on a critical boost to their income. It's called pension credit, and this year it also means you get an extra £650 to help with energy bills. -
Martin Lewis: Don't shop at Zara before you go to Spain, Greece, France or Italy
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Update 17 July 2017: We tend to think since Brexit that the pound’s weaker than it has been for decades. While somewhat true against the dollar, against the euro it’s only a tad worse now than when I first wrote this in 2014. The logic of this blog stands just as strongly now. On the Spanish-English website...
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