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New. Energy-switch deals are back... The last two years of the energy crisis have seen bills double, at least 25 firms go bust, and switching decimated. Now, at last, things are finally starting to improve, if only marginally. A week ago, we saw the rate most people's energy is capped at drop by an average 17%, and now we're starting to see some competition, with firms offering switchers' tariffs. Though with many rapidly-moving variables, the answer to 'Should I fix?' is more complex than it used to be...
PS: It should be easier to find out about new fixed deals thanks to Martin's letter to Ofgem. The energy regulator asked suppliers to clearly publish details of all their energy tariffs after receiving Martin's letter. |
£1 to £6 ex-high street shoes, clothes & accessories via 5% off code, plus free delivery. MSE Blagged. Everything5pounds (well, it's not all £5) sells a mixture of ex-high street & non-branded items. Everything5pounds New. Renters: what are your rights if your rent is hiked? Our new guide takes you through your rent rise rights in England. (Versions for NI, Scotland & Wales due in the next few weeks.) HUGE 120GB Sim '£7.84/mth' - cheapest we've seen for 100GB+. With unlimited mins & texts, this Three Sim is £12/mth, but you can CLAIM (don't forget) a £50 Amazon voucher within 3mths. Factor that in over the 12mth contract and it's equivalent to £7.84/mth. Want less data or a different network? Cheap Mobile Finder. Amazon 'Prime Day' NOW ON - sort deals from duds, including £22 Echo Dot. Full 'Prime Day' analysis. Ends Wed. Cheap superfast 132Mb Virgin broadband: '£22/mth'. Newbies can get a Virgin Media 132Mb broadband-only deal (available to 58% of homes) for £26.50/mth and CLAIM an £80 Amazon voucher within 4mths. Factor that in and it's equivalent to £22.06/mth over the 18mth contract. Can't get/don't want Virgin? See our broadband comparison. £150 of beauty dupes from Lottie London £34 all-in. MSE Blagged. 26-piece bundle, including 'dupes' for Kylie Cosmetics, Laneige, Huda Beauty and more. 2,000 bundles available. Lottie London AI say... play with MSE ChatGPT, our new artificial intelligence chatbot. If you missed it last week, we've just launched a revolutionary new tool to help answer your money questions. It's initially available in the MSE app - download it from Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store for Android. Important. Uni costs to increase 50% for many - everything you need to know. Key info for students and parents (even of 10-year-olds) in the new The Martin Lewis Podcast - listen through BBC Sounds | Apple | Spotify & more. |
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Do you feel loved and rewarded by your bank? If you do, great. Stick with it. If not, some banks are willing to legally bribe you to ditch & switch, and many have better products too, so grab their cash - it's better in your pocket!
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THIS WEEK'S POLL How do you rate your bank account's service? Every six months, we ask for your help to track the quality of banks' customer service. By comparing your answers with last time, we can see which have got better or worse. Let us know how you rank your bank. 1pMobile and Smarty lead on mobile customer service. More than 5,000 people voted in last week's poll, which asked you to rate your mobile provider's service. Of firms to receive more than 75 votes, 1pMobile and Smarty scored highest for service, with 84% and 72% of customers who voted respectively rating them 'great'. At the other end of the spectrum, just less than one in five of Vodafone and Three customers rated their customer service 'great'. See full mobile poll results. |
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA Should my husband pay back the Child Benefit we're losing following his pay rise? My husband and I have separate bank accounts and each month pay a fixed amount into a joint account to cover bills. My husband recently got a pay rise, and now his income means we have to repay some of the Child Benefit we received. I think my husband should pay it back, as he's had the pay rise and hasn't increased the amount he puts into our joint account each month, but he thinks it should be paid from our joint account, as it's a 'family bill'. Who's right? Enter the Money Moral Maze: Should my husband pay back the Child Benefit we've lost? | Suggest a Money Moral Dilemma |
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MARTIN'S APPEARANCES (WED 12 JUL ONWARDS) Tue 18 Jul - Good Morning Britain, ITV, 8.30am MSE TEAM APPEARANCES (SUBJECT TBC) Tue 18 Jul - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Mid-morning with Jeremy Sallis, from 10.45am |
FRIENDS REUNITED AND BEBO - WHAT SOCIAL NETWORKS DID YOU USE BACK IN THE DAY? That's all for this week, but before we go... the launch of social network Threads (follow us here) got us all nostalgic about the social networks of yesteryear, so we asked what ones you used. It's easy to forget just how many have been and gone, as people reminisced about Friends Reunited, Friendface, Bebo, Lookitsme, ICQ, Usenet, AOL and MSN. Some even met their partners on Myspace or Faceparty, while others wanted to know how Tom was doing now (if you know, you know). Our Forumites, however, argued that the best social network they used back in the day was a visit to the pub during happy hour. Let us know what you used in our Facebook and Twitter conversations, or in our MSE Forum thread. We hope you save some money, |
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