Guy Anker

Deputy Editor & Head of Operations

Guy manages the Editorial team (which writes the content on MSE) and is one of the site's editors, ensuring guides, the weekly email and news stories are in tiptop shape. He also regularly appears on radio and TV as a spokesperson for MSE. He joined MSE in December 2008 after a year as assistant producer on Martin Lewis' It Pays to Watch on Channel 5. Before that, he was a personal finance reporter at the Daily Mail.

His MoneySaving skills are best demonstrated when haggling. He never misses a chance to get a few quid off when shopping for clothes or to cut his digital TV and mobile phone bills by playing the 'I'm going to cancel my account' card.

Latest from Guy Anker

22 March 2012

The Government will not allow parents whose kids have a Child Trust Fund (CTF) to convert it into a junior Isa, which could leave them languishing on paltry rates.

22 March 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist and confusion still reigns.

22 March 2012

Anyone who earns over £150,000 a year will pay less tax from next year, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

21 March 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist.

21 March 2012

The Government has confirmed plans to merge the basic and second state pensions.

21 March 2012

Low and middle income earners received a boost today as Chancellor George Osborne revealed the personal tax allowance will rise for the under 65s, but pensioners will lose out.

21 March 2012

Pensioners received a £3.3 billion blow in today's Budget as they found out they will eventually lose the higher personal allowance they enjoy in comparison to the rest of the population. This has been dubbed the new 'Granny Tax'.

21 March 2012

Drivers had their hopes of avoiding another petrol pump increase later this year dashed by Chancellor George Osborne today.

21 March 2012

Property buyers who purchase homes worth over £2 million will have to pay a significantly higher rate of stamp duty.

21 March 2012

Pensioners were the big losers from today's Budget, with the news 4.4 million will pay more tax from April 2013, at an average loss of £83 each per year. This has been dubbed the new 'Granny Tax'.

21 March 2012

A father from Essex has received over £82,000 for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), the largest debt cover payout ever reported to us.

20 March 2012

Ovo Energy has bucked the trend of falling gas and electricity prices by announcing up to 90,000 of its customers face a hike in their bills. But will the big six follow, which would hit millions of households?

15 March 2012

Missed rent payments could cost you a mortgage, loan, credit card, or indeed a new tenancy agreement.

15 March 2012

Tens of thousands of households with Ovo Energy will be hit by rising gas and electricity prices.

15 March 2012

Cash Isa transfer times have shortened following action by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), though they still take well over two weeks.

14 March 2012