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Founder: @moneysavingexp | @mmhpi | Shows: @itvmlshow | Martin Lewis Podcast Tips, Polls, Puns, Musings. Lara's husband, Sapphire's dad

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1Feb 20, '2310 days ago I sent Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt a letter (below) asking him to postpone the govt's 20% increase in energy bills on 1 April. Since, SEVENTY major charities (below), &12.7×5.9M34k33k134
2Oct 12, '23Some have started asking me why as a practicing Jew have I said nothing about the unthinkable dispicable atrocities committed by terrorists in Israel. Frankly I've struggled to pro10.9×5M39k1.9k491
3Jul 7, '23It's 6yrs since we started seeing mass proliferation of scam ads 5yrs since I sued Facebook. 4yrs since they settled (for £3m to charity). 4yrs since the online harms white paper (8.8×4M18k3.5k132
4Jul 12, '23This was said about me by the Deputy PM in #PMQs today, "We are giving help to people to extend their terms, to go interest only and to reduce their monthly payments. Now that acti7.9×3.6M17k2.6k104
5Feb 9, '23I have just sent the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt - supported by major charities - a letter asking him to postpone the government's 20% increase in energy bills on 1 April. The letter i7.8×3.6M23k8.5k153
6Jul 3, '24Not again! I have NOT given my permission to be used in political adverts. This is NOT an endorsement by me in any way. I maintain strict party neutrality and am unhappy at the wea7.5×3.4M29k5.6k371
7Oct 6, '19Went to cinema yest for 8:45pm showing, but it was 9:17 before the film actually started. CINEMAS we pay to see films! Fine show 5/10min of ads & trailers, but this inflation t7.3×063k43k70
8Aug 31, '22Dear @trussliz / @RishiSunak the cost of living crisis has left millions worried how they'll make ends meet. I'd like to formally invite you, as the new PM, to join me asap once yo7.3×082k33k109
9Mar 19, '20I've put £1million in a fund to provide grants of £5k - £20k to small UK charities who are doing/want to do immediate Coronavirus poverty relief. Please share to let any charities 6.2×065k28k137
10Jul 26, '23A thought... UK banks deliberately, systemically, missold, by script, over £40bn of PPI, ripping money out of the hands of the public including many vulnerable people - no bank CEO6.1×2.8M28k7.8k202
11Mar 3, '23GOOD. All unofficial indications now show it looks like we've now won this campaign. Energy bills WON'T now rise 20% in April. I'm grateful to all charities who backed us in it. An5.8×2.7M27k2.8k58
12Nov 4, '24This is quite ridiculous, like I'd even go on a stag in the first place... far cheaper to stay at home!5.0×2.3M23k4651.3k
13Nov 13, '23So David Cameron is to sit in the House of Lords ("taking back control from unelected officials anyone?") in order to be Foreign Secretary - which means he won't be able to be ques5.0×2.3M30k6.4k268
14Sep 7, '23Is it 2023 or 1923? Woman with long standing successful tech journalist career lands an extra role on TV off her own bat. Yet newspaper headline ONLY names who she's married to and4.9×2.2M20k1.4k79
15Aug 9, '22Tragic news The latest @CornwallInsight prediction, based on Ofgem's new methodology, is an 81% price cap rise in Oct (taking typical bill to £3,582/yr) and a further 19% in Jan (s4.8×053k19k354
16Jun 27, '23I said on @GMB today, in reference to new depressing stats on the numbers struggling to pay mortgages and rent, that its going to be a nightmare year for some. I've seen a few refe4.8×2.2M16k1.6k60
17Jan 16, '23#BlueMonday is a piece of crap pseudo science originally part of a travel company's press release to sell holidays. Can we all try to avoid rewarding marketeers, using this term, w4.7×2.2M16k2.4k29
18Oct 30, '24To those saying comments like "oh good more money for those who contribute nothing" - check ur facts! 40% of UC claimants are the working poor others are carers, have disabilities 4.3×2M20k3.2k335
19Jun 7, '17YOU DO NOT NEED YOUR POLLING CARD TO VOTE! Just go to your polling station - don't be wrongly put off. Please spread the word3.9×019k31k1
20Mar 1, '23Was running late home just now, so jumped in a black cab. The driver wanted to ask me a financial question, which I answered. Then at the end he refused to take my payment saying h3.3×1.5M26k47215
21Sep 28, '22Pls share to stop confusion. THERE IS NO £2,500 CAP ON ENERGY BILLS. Instead the new 1 Oct guarantee, like the old caps, limits - Daily charge (28p gas, 46p elec) - & Unit rate3.2×029k17k615
22Oct 2, '25I've just turned my phone on after Yom Kippur, when like many British Jews I go out of digital contact. I've just felt a visceral shock of such terrible news. My thoughts and praye3.1×1.4M24k1.6k329
23Mar 17, '22Bloody depressing @thismorning phone-in again. So many people at crisis point regarding energy bills - including those with v high usage due to disabilities (home ventilators, oxyg3.1×043k9.2k119
24Jul 11, '22Question I'd like all potential Conservative leaders to answer (RT if agree) The energy price cap's predicted to rise 64% in Oct taking a typical bill to £3,244/yr; & rise agai2.9×026k17k74
25Jan 6, '22I feel near tears after doing my show. I started doing what I do out of a passion for financial justice & providing solutions. To be unable to help a single mum who lost her pa2.8×047k5.2k132
26Oct 10, '22They're taking my OBE off me! Yep, I got a letter saying now I have been upgraded to a CBE, I need to send the OBE back. So off it goes.2.8×052k1.1k83
27Nov 6, '22I do roll my eyes when I hear "I don't know what I'm doing here" on #ImACeleb. It's an entertainment TV booking. You're on there for one or more of... 1) a paycheque 2) to boost yo2.7×050k2.6k97
28May 29, '20WHAT IS @10DowningStreet SCARED OF? Today the Chancellor makes his next big support scheme announcement. MSE & I've been explaining these for 10wks, with millions following our2.6×021k16k32
29Oct 10, '22Pls share. There's a little known benefit for grandparents who look after their grandchildren while parents work. If ur a parent of an under 12, if your parent (ie childs grandpare2.6×025k13k2.3k
30Mar 23, '22Dear @RishiSunak, the UK is on the brink of a personal finance precipice. Today you, only you, have the tools to pull it back. To save lives. To improve living standards. To reduce2.5×039k5.8k65
31Jul 11, '22Can't believe I'm writing this, but I wonder if this winter well need 'warm banks' the equivalent of 'food banks' where people who can't afford heating are invited to spend their d2.5×034k6.3k122
32Jul 16, '19I sued Facebook for defamation over scam ads & settled in return for 2 things that LAUNCH TODAY -1on1 scam help at new Citizens Advice Scam Action (paid for by Facebook £3m) -N2.5×037k4.9k294
33Jul 12, '22What do you want, a medal for it? Just received my CBE from Prince Charles at Windsor Castle. Incredible ceremony. Its called an honour and I genuinely feel honoured. Thanks to all2.4×047k95919
35Jul 28, '22Just done an interview on @BBCr4today. calling for Sunak, Truss & Johnson to urgently meet (they are part of same party after all) to come up with an action plan to urgently in2.3×035k5.8k40
36Oct 3, '22This is nonsense. To make that stamp duty saving you'd need to be buying a £500,000+ property. With 10% deposit, cheapest fix mortgage would cost £2,400/mth (£28,000/yr). How can s2.2×031k7.2k208
37May 26, '22Thanks so much to the few attacking me as a 'sell out' after summarising that the Chancellor's package was more generous than expected. I've spent months shrieking, pleading, urgin2.2×041k1.2k21
38May 16, '22I'd like to formally apologise to the @ofgem staff for losing my rag in a background briefing just now and saying its changes are a "fucking disgrace that sells consumers down the 2.2×035k3.1k253
39Mar 24, '20Are you self employed and need financial support for to Coronavirus? I've bashed out a rough and ready quick video briefing... Feel free to share with anyone who needs.2.1×016k11k690
40Jun 21, '22Interesting interview. I think describing Mick Lynch as flustered is pushing it a tad. He comes across as almost scarily unflustered to me - I don't envy those who have to face him2.1×034k3.7k335
41Jul 5, '22It's a good moment to remind people of the 7 Nolan principles of standards in public life (how politicians, civil servants, charity trustees etc are bound to act in public roles) 12.1×027k7k248
42Oct 4, '22I'm seeing some misunderstanding the benefits debate as if it were workers v unemployed. Roughly 40% of those who receive Universal Credit get them as in-work benefits to top up lo2.1×028k6.6k134
43Feb 4, '22Just to clarify in practice the £200 bill-credit 'loan' on all home elec bills in Oct. - every bill will reduce by £200 - every bill after Apr 23 increases by £40/yr for 5yrs regar2.1×018k8.2k413
44Mar 29, '23Quite shocked and saddened to wake up to the news of Paul O'Grady passing. #RipPaulOgrady. A funny man, with incredibly quick wit, who made millions laugh.2.1×946k17k49816
45Oct 10, '22The now regular attack line to call me a doom-prophet is bizarre. I'm the MoneySavingExpert & we're amid the biggest inflation crisis for 50yrs. Sadly I can't gloss over it. If2.0×034k3.3k55
46Aug 26, '22Think it's time for me to sign off for the long Bank Holiday weekend. I'm reading too many ad honinem tweets from naysayers - it's not good for my pysche. To the rest of you thanks2.0×037k89611
47Jul 7, '22I would politely urge the Conservative party to a v quick succession process. We need a working administration at speed. This Winter will be catastrophic, pushing millions into pov2.0×030k5k33
48Sep 23, '22From next April the 45% top rate of tax (applies to those earning £150,000) will be scrapped. So the top rate will be the 40% higher rate threshold. This means mega earners, pay th1.9×020k6.5k229
49Feb 7, '22Fuming to hear @KwasiKwarteng said fraud & online scams aren't something “people experience in their daily lives” For the Biz Sec to say this is outrageous. Millions face it. I1.9×027k5.7k49
50Jan 19, '22I find it incredible that the biggest challenge facing most homes in the UK - the nightmare impending 50% hike in energy bills - making energy unaffordable for millions, was just b1.9×029k5.1k51
51Sep 17, '20Watching the news tonight it is quite obvious that the test and trace system, that the govt has put its faith in, is working very well with two exceptions. 1. Test 2. Trace.1.9×030k5.1k32
52Oct 13, '22#NTAs. Still gobsmacked. Thanks to all who voted. Its a huge privilege to have your support. I don't really drink, maybe one a year, but maybe it'll be tonight :)1.9×037k78218
53Nov 14, '22Wow I'm nearing 2m followers. So to say THANK YOU & promote small charities, I'll again donate -£500 to charity picked by my 2000000th follower -£500 to charity of randomly pic1.9×021k1.7k37
54Nov 14, '22My Black Friday shopping memo... If you were going to buy it anyway and it's half price, you've saved 50%. If you weren't going to buy it, but do because it's half price you've was1.9×031k3.6k183
55Aug 31, '22It is a catastrophe Edwina! While there are steps people can take to help themselves (I explain them in todays email ) Energy bills by Jan will cost on avg over half the full state1.8×028k4.3k69
56Mar 3, '22We're rightly being told there will be a cost to all of us of the necessary sanctions on Russia & it'll exacerbate the cost of living crisis. Yet lets be watchful that the narr1.8×028k5.2k81
57Jul 19, '22I'm afraid a financial cataclysm will hit the UK roughly the time the new PM starts, devastating lives This is a video letter to u and Conservative leadership candidates, to help u1.8×016k8.3k832
58Oct 13, '22****ing hell :) #NTAs1.8×033k74231
59Aug 26, '22I've been accused of catastrophising about the energy hikes that have now come true. Yet let me be plain, 'doom-mongering' or not. More help is desperately needed for poorest or pe1.8×025k5.1k43
60May 12, '22MP Lee Anderson today said “You can’t just keep throwing money at a problem, eventually you’ve got to try and get to the root cause of a problem.” Sadly in a cost of living crisis 1.8×028k4.4k59
61Jul 27, '22NEWS: It gets worse! I've just got uodated price cap predictions from @CornwallInsight. The latest spike in year-ahead wholesale price means the OCT cap prediction is now UP 78% (s1.8×018k6.6k173
62Aug 26, '22IMPORTANT Pls share In May govt announced decent help based on predicted 42% rise in the Oct to Apr energy price cap (that'd take a typical bill to £2,800) Now the rise for that pe1.8×017k9.5k255
63Sep 8, '22We're all thinking of Her Majesty at this time - and wish her well. A few suggesting I stop tweeting analysis and news about the big energy announcement when I get it today On bala1.8×034k87726
64Jun 8, '20I've read tweets saying people are "flouting the furlough scheme" by being "in parks, at beach or treating it as a holiday". If an EMPLOYER chooses to furlough staff, it literally 1.7×029k2.6k33
65Jul 11, '22Disappointed the 1922 committee are waiting until 5 Sept to announce new Conservative leader (aka PM) That's too late. The catastrophically high Oct price cap announcement a fortni1.6×022k4.7k36
66Mar 23, '20New UK #coronavirus rules. DON'T LEAVE HOME apart from 1. Grocery shopping only if u must 2. One exercise a day (alone or with household) 3. Travel to / from work (if can't work at1.6×020k6.4k24
67Jan 2, '22I wish call centres would stop playing automatic messages saying "sorry we are taking longer to answer your call than normal" EVERY time we call. This should not be set up as a def1.6×030k1.4k22
68Jun 18, '19Not true Boris. The govt didn't adopt the Living Wage. It renamed the min wage 'the living wage' at a far lower level than the real @LivingWageUK It was a disgraceful brand theft o1.5×020k6.3k27
69Mar 23, '22If that's all he's doing on energy - it is limited and won't impact the majority of households who will see a likely £1,300 average increase in year-on-year bills by October. My he1.5×022k4.2k50
70Sep 8, '20Do you remember the clarity of - stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives Now after today's latest announcements in England we seem to have - eat out to help out - don't socialise1.5×024k3.6k33
71Aug 25, '22Taking a deep breath to return to twitter (in prep for tomorrow's almost certainly hideous price cap rise). Must admit returning is raising my anxiety levels. After time away u rea1.5×026k1.2k26
72Mar 14, '19Just surprised mini MSE by picking her up from school, something I can rarely do. She looked up, saw me, and said in the most beautiful, unaffected, unprompted way "my wish came tr1.5×029k7007
73Oct 15, '18Just had a cyclist swear horribly at me for having the temerity to be getting in his way, as I crossed the road under the green man, while he ran a red light. This isn't an anti cy1.5×023k2.8k2
74Dec 5, '18David Cameron truly left this country in the shit with his ill thought out referendum. It was a black and white vote on a rainbow of issues, with neither path nor plan on what to d1.5×020k4.4k17
75Jul 5, '22We've a cost of living crisis of a scale not seen for nearly 50yrs. Energy bills will rise to £3,000 in Oct. Food, mortgages, rents, transport & petrol prices are exploding The1.4×021k3.2k96
76Aug 31, '22Ps if you support the idea of the new PM joining me to discuss the cost of living, pls share the tweet ive just done about it (ie don't share this one, share the prior one inviting1.4×021k4.6k7
77Sep 8, '22I'm sorry to post about energy right now, but this is important update, and may impact choices people are making right now. This is specifically about those on fixed tariffs. The i1.4×020k3.1k869
78Jan 4, '21There is an obvious question. This morning the PM had encouraged parents to send children to school. Now he says it's not safe to. What changed in 12hrs? I accept this is fast movi1.4×023k2.5k24
79Jul 29, '22And then there was quiet. For a few weeks, I'm going off social to focus on being a dad, a husband & to recharge m'batteries - so I'm on form to help when the awful winter bill1.4×026k65916
80Jun 19, '20I must admit I'm slightly confused by reducing our alert from 4 to 3. Beijing's closing areas with 36 new cases a day. We're opening up when flatlining at 1,000+ cases a day. The R1.3×019k3.6k54
81Mar 8, '22My heart just sank doing my @thismorning phone in just then - as it does almost every time I hear 'energy bills' right now. So many people understandably unable to process the scal1.3×020k2.7k66
82Jun 22, '20OK I admit it - when being asked for say the 4th or 9th characters in my security password when calling a bank, I always find myself counting on my fingers. I'm not alone am i?1.3×025k4526
83Oct 19, '22Twitter really is a horrible place sometimes. I tweeted a nice little comment about my little girl. Only to get lots of @_DHOTYA replies. Why would i bother making something like t1.3×024k32829
84May 16, '22Ps already hearing off the record briefings today from energy firms to try and sully my rep, by spinning nonesense, let's see if any papers fall for it1.3×021k2.5k35
85Mar 20, '20I found Rishi Sunak impressive just now. Still find it difficult to understand the magnitude of what they're doing right now and processing the whole thing.1.2×023k1.2k10
86Apr 26, '18I hate customer service lines that ALWAYS say, every time you ring (at any time in the day)... "sorry we are experiencing unusual call volumes". No! You are experiencing normal cal1.2×019k2.7k5
87Mar 20, '22A few people have asked me today about 'being political'. I am always political. I will always be political. My whole work campaigning for consumers is political. Yet I try never t1.2×022k1.3k31
88Sep 8, '22All the Queen's family seem to be rushing to see her. I suspect like many it brings sad memories of perhaps last moments with elderly loved ones. Wishing Her Majesty all strength, 1.2×023k61227
89Oct 21, '20A suggestion for @BorisJohnson. If you want to cheer most of the nation up in this torrid time... don't put the clocks back this Sunday. Allow people a little more daylight in the 1.1×018k2k7
90May 5, '20I note I'm closing in on 900,000 followers. As is my tradition when I'm near boundaries, to say thank you I will. - Donate £900 to a charity chosen by whomever is my 900,000th foll1.1×019k1.4k2
91Mar 23, '22So with a 1p cut in income tax basic rate in 2024, looks like we know when the next general election is then #SpringStatement20221.1×018k2.3k35
92Jun 29, '21I don't understand the point of this tweet or of copying me in. If you're trying to start an argument I'm not biting. It's unnecessary, and if I may suggest would be best for all i1.1×019k58226
93Dec 31, '20Piss off 2020. Happy New Year everyone.1.1×021k6352
94May 11, '20Keir Starmer's forensic rather than aggressive parliamentary approach feels like it makes it far more difficult to avoid answering the questions - I hope this will lead to an impro1.1×019k1.2k21
95Jan 26, '22I don't care who you support politically - listening to #PMQs at the moment is fundamentally depressing.1.1×019k1k19
96Jul 25, '22It feels incredible that... ...these two are in the same party ...both were voted in on the same manifesto ...this isn't a general election debate ...only 160,000 voters will decid1.1×017k2.1k23
97Apr 2, '20Just arrived home. As soon as I got in Mrs MSE asked me to take all my clothes off. Thought it must've been a really good show. Then she explained she wanted to me put everything i1.0×019k62517
98Jan 26, '22Congratulations @BootstrapCook for the brilliant & impactful tweet/campaign over how inflation is regressive and hits poorest hardest I've just heard of ur great result getting1.0×018k1.2k30
99Apr 21, '20Wow they're going to trial the Oxford vaccine in people on Thursday. Brave souls whoever volunteer. I wish them strength and success.0.9×017k1.1k10
100Sep 12, '22For you yes. To facilitate this I have blocked you. And to the few others who tweet me similar sentiments, please have even a tiny modicum of decency. You are free to unfollow and 0.8×016k3019

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