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Sally Dray

Sally Dray

Senior Public Affairs Officer

Before joining MSE, Sally worked in different roles at the House of Lords, including as a researcher in its library. Here she gained invaluable experience of how Parliament works.

At MSE, Sally works to maintain our relationships with key stakeholders, like the Government, Parliament and regulators. Her areas of focus within the Campaigns team are the Lifetime ISA campaign, stopping online scam ads and ombudsmen reform.

Sally was shortlisted for the Campaign of the Year Award at the 2024 Headline Money Awards for MSE's 'Locked out by the LISA' campaign.

Outside of work, Sally loves experimenting with new recipes, and seeing as many new films as possible with her cinema pass.

Latest from Sally Dray

The Lifetime ISA is in need of a radical overhaul – here's why
Imagine – you've done all the hard work to buy your first home. You've scraped together a deposit and found a suitable, affordable mortgage.
28 March 2025
Martin Lewis “Scam Ad” van outside the Houses of Parliament.
The Online Safety Act has today become law, after years of campaigning by Martin Lewis, MSE, and many other consumer groups and charities. This means that, for the first time, online platforms have a legal duty to prevent and take down scam advertising – which leads thousands of people to hand over life-changing amounts of cash to criminals. While there is still work to be done, this new legislation is a momentous step forward in the battle against online scam ads.
28 March 2025
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The Lifetime ISA (LISA) withdrawal fine needs to be removed for first-time buyers purchasing homes above the scheme's £450,000 limit, Martin Lewis has urged. This is the key message the MoneySavingExpert.com founder put to a cross-party group of MPs to consider.
26 February 2025
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First-time buyers paid the Government an estimated £1.8 million in fines for taking money out of their Lifetime ISAs (LISAs), new figures for the 2023/24 tax year show. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis is renewing calls to the Government to stop those who are using LISA savings for their intended purpose – buying a first-time property – having to pay these unjust penalties.
24 September 2024
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Martin Lewis, MoneySavingExpert.com’s (MSE's) founder and chair, is today strengthening his call for the Chancellor to overhaul the Lifetime ISA (LISA) in his 22 November Autumn Statement. Young savers should not be essentially fined – and lose their hard-saved cash – when they purchase homes above the scheme's £450,000 limit. This is a problem that leaves far more at risk now than when LISAs launched in 2017.
6 November 2023
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Change is needed to help half a million younger people with Lifetime ISAs as many risk lock-out and £1,000+ in fines to get their money back.
22 January 2023