Martin Lewis launches new online tool to help energy customers choose the right provider and save money switching

MoneySavingExpert.com newsletter, Martin states if you receive certain means-tested benefits and you have to self-isolate, but you're unable to work from home and therefore lose income, you will now be eligible for the payment of £500 for each period of self isolation you're required to undertake.Isolation periods are 10 days if you have tested positive for coronavirus and 14 days if someone in your household has tested positive.Four million people on Universal Credit or other benefits may be

Martin Lewis covers a broad range of consumer topics in his newsletter, website and appearances on television and radio. It’s not often the financial guru is caught flat-footed, but one question from a viewer during a recent appearance on ITV’s This Morning gave him pause.

Money Saving expert Martin Lewis has issued a stern warning about buying gift cards for loved ones this Christmas.Speaking on ITV's this morning, the finance guru explained how he's 'not a fan of gift cards', after viewers asked what their rights are in terms of using Cineworld gift cards now the cinema chain has closed.During the segment he issued a stern warning against buying loved-ones gift cards for Christmas.He said: "The biggest answer I can give you and anyone else is, and I've said this

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ECHO reports how Martin has warned that this combined with tightening criteria due to the pandemic means mortgages for those with high loan-to-values - for example, small deposits or little equity - have disappeared. Stamp duty is a tax paid by people buying properties but it does vary slightly across the UK.

Daily Record.Martin warned: “Not the same with PayPal, sometimes you don’t get that protection using the credit card through PayPal, but you do in most cases on Apple Pay.”PayPal's website states that the ‘Buyer Protection’ programme entitles you to reimbursement for the full purchase price of an item plus the original shipping costs you paid, if any, when you don’t receive it from a seller, or when you receive an item, but the item isn’t what you ordered.However you choose to pay for your

Money saving expert Martin Lewis has issued a stark warning to customers of telecom companies BT and EE.On his Martin Lewis Money Show last night, Martin told people who get their TV, broadband or phone with the firms that their bills could increase from March next year.It comes as EE has become part of the BT Group, and means that changes to the company's terms and conditions will come into effect.Speaking on the ITV show, he said: "Two BT price hikes are on the way."The first applies to BT and

coronavirus pandemic was simple and straightforward, it was either cash or card and largely depended on convenience. But, as the nation became more focused on hygiene and stopping the transmission of Covid-19, contactless payments became the norm, even more so after the limit was increased to £45 for usage on a single transaction.

Martin Lewis has expressed his heartache after not being able to accompany his wife Lara Lewington to hospital on Thursday.READ: Martin Lewis makes surprising revelation about wife Lara LewingtonThe This Morning money saving expert took to Twitter to share his agony with his followers, writing: "Strange leaving home today to walk to the studio, as Mrs MSE (@LaraLewington) is off to hospital for a shoulder operation."I'm not allowed to go with her in current climes, but I'll race from the studio

Martin Lewis has issued an updated list of essential coronavirus need-to-knows ahead of the furlough scheme entering its final month.Writing in the latest edition of the Money Saving Expert newsletter, the financial guru offered advice on the new Job Support Scheme, Bounce Back loans and the new Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants.He began by expressing his concern over the new financial measures recently announced by the UK Government.He wrote: “Last week the Chancellor's Budget was

What do you think about the local lockdown rules where you live? Tell us in our survey..."The next grant will be for those affected between February 1 and April 30 2021."There are no details yet, which could be because the government wants to keep its options open to support those who may have been left out of support before."And if you're a small business the consumer expert explained that the new bounce back loans can now be repaid over 10 years instead of six and you can apply for one six