I'm making £1.9m available to fund urgent small-charity coronavirus...
We face an unprecedented challenge to our health, economy, businesses, personal finance and way of life. And many of those who normally help society – our charities – are going to face similar...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: My coronavirus fund –£3.4m donated to 415 charities – how we...
We've just agreed the final payments for my Coronavirus Poverty Emergency Fund. The total distributed is £3,414,143 to 415 small local charities (or organisations with charitable status). That's an...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Money and mental health 2019/20, what a year - 'Stop the...
In 2016, I founded the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute charity. It very quickly established itself as the go-to institute for trying to divorce the marriage made in hell that is debt and...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my...
Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make...
View ArticleIs it time to ban Christmas presents?
Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis,...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: A glimmer of hope for excluded new-starter self-employed
In March, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chancellor was rightly lauded for putting together decades' worth of financial support measures in days. Millions of people, then and since, have...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: This is why I set up a charity…
Last week I got an email with the board papers for the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) charity trustees board meeting (which I chair). I set up the charity in 2016, and have funded it...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: I averaged 24,300 steps a day (burning 3,910 calories) in 2020...
As is now pretty well documented, I'm obsessed with statistics tracking my fitness. Each year I knock out an annual steps report. This is the one for 2020. According to my tracker, I did 8,889,800...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: What happened to my pledge to give £10m to charity – 2021 update
In June 2012 MSE joined the MSM Group and I pledged £10m to go to charity. As that was a public pledge and I believe I've a duty of transparency, every couple of years I bash out a blog report (the...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: How much the Govt expects parents to give their children while...
The new university term is starting for many, and millions of supposedly independent students will be heading off. In fact, though the system doesn't say students are independent, the system...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one?...
Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Should I move my Help to Buy ISA into a Lifetime ISA?
Which is better, the Help to Buy ISA (H2B ISA) or the Lifetime ISA (LISA)? I'm asked this all the time. No wonder, as they both offer an unbeatable, no-brainer 25% bonus for first-time buyers saving in...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Employed aged under 22, or any age earning under £10,000? How...
If you're under 22 or on a low income, a pension is probably the furthest thing from your mind, but what if I were to tell you there's a totally legal way, that doesn't need any negotiation, to make...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: How to reclaim £100s of credit from your energy firm
Is your electricity and gas provider unfairly sitting on £100s of your money? Over 70% of us pay energy bills by direct debit – a good thing, as it gets you the cheapest rates. However, it can give...
View ArticleMartin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: An important warning to every employee in the UK
This is a warning for every worker in the UK. Have you turned down a pay rise without realising it? Millions have – over 10% of the workforce currently – and many others risk doing it, unaware of the...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Why you shouldn't worry too much about your credit score –...
When it comes to finances, numbers are key – whether it's what you earn, your credit card balance or the interest rate on your mortgage, small changes can add up to a big difference. Yet there's one...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Had a PPI payout? If so, you can reclaim the tax on it
The PPI deadline may have passed, but if you're one of the millions of people who have reclaimed part of the £38,300,000,000 paid out so far, or you're one of those waiting to hear if a payment will...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Money and Mental Health – what a year 2020/21
In 2016, I founded the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) charity – in a very short time, due to the hard work of the team, it has established itself as the go-to place for policies to...
View ArticleMartin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim TWO...
If your employer requires you to work from home, you've always been able to claim for increased costs, eg, heat or electricity, for the specific time at home. Yet during the 2020 lockdown, HM Revenue...
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