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

Consumers will soon be able to get permanently free access to their credit report, which can tell them if they're likely to be accepted for a credit card, loan or mortgage.

16 June 2011

Unemployment has fallen by 88,000, while the number of people in work has increased by a similar number, new figures show today.

15 June 2011

Inflation remained unchanged in May but that still means the cost of living is rising at a rate of knots.

14 June 2011

Lloyds Banking Group has said "sorry" for flogging worthless payment protection insurance (PPI) policies and promised a catalogue of measures to provide compensation for victims, in yet another sign of capitulation by banks.

14 June 2011

An MP leading the charge to cap the cost of payday loans and other short-term lending says she will press for legislation in upcoming talks with the Treasury.

13 June 2011

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at its 0.5% historic low for the 27th consecutive month.

9 June 2011

Scottish Power has announced it will hike electricity prices by 10% and gas prices by a whopping 19% from 1 August, in a bitter blow to 2.4 million households.

7 June 2011

Firms that charge fees for finding hard-up consumers a loan will have their activities curbed, after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found some pocket cash without carrying out the service.

1 June 2011

Banks and other financial firms will be banned from trying to fob off complainants before they've made a final decision.

27 May 2011

The 1.8 million fans who applied for tickets for next year's London 2012 Olympics have been told most payments will be taken by next week.

25 May 2011

Halifax/Bank of Scotland (Hbos) customers will be entitled to £17 million in compensation after the bank was fined £3.5 million for shoddy complaints handling.

25 May 2011

Disruption at airports caused by the latest Icelandic volcanic ash cloud crisis is expected to spread to some northern England airports later today.

24 May 2011

MoneySavingExpert.com today urges the Government to take stronger action to stop claims management firms cold-calling consumers with false promises over mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).

23 May 2011

Households were dealt a further blow today after a second major energy firm hinted at more price rises later this year.

20 May 2011

Tesco has agreed to re-open a temporary 'double the difference' window after shoppers saw an ad that wrongly said the promotion was back.

19 May 2011

Thousands of consumers could be left without full cover after a home emergency insurance provider went bust.

19 May 2011