Martin Lewis made his name telling savvy Brits to get zero per cent credit cards and put the cash they save into savings accounts, use cashback sites and choose a cheaper brand of groceries but has now turned his focus on the cost of living crisis
It sounds for a minute like Martin Lewis is throwing in the towel when he says his famous money-saving tips might not be much use for millions facing soaring bills.
He’s not, of course, but he does say things have become so bad – ‘the worst since I became the money-saving expert in 2000’ – that only the intervention of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and regulators can help those on the coalface of the cost-of-living crisis.
In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, Mr Lewis outlines a series of things they must start working on this week, from Treasury money to cut energy bills to banning profiteering from petrol stations.
If they don’t, forget the civil unrest he warned of last week. ‘There will be some families who will have…
