Beat water bill increases, student finance & biggest ever savings

The Martin Lewis Podcast

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4.2 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Martin Lewis Podcast is here. Founder of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis answers your financial questions, including several queries on upcoming changes to student finance. Water bills could rise by 7.5% from April for households in England and Wales - the largest increase for nearly 20 years. The industry body Water UK says the rise due in April could take average water bills to nearly £450 a year because of rising energy costs. Martin shares all the hidden savings you could make, potentially saving thousands. Elsewhere in the podcast, you Tell Us what single action you have taken to save, not earn, the biggest amount of money in one go. Nihal takes on Martin’s Money Mastermind and is quizzed about whether non-taxpayers get tax relief if they save into a pension. Plus Martin has updates on cost-of-living payments for those in park homes or using heating oil or LPG. Producer: Isabelle Tudor

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0:00.0	How was it living next to Mr Palmer's house?
0:03.2	I mean, we had a bomb go off in their garage.
0:06.6	It was quite frightening.
0:08.5	I'm Livy Haydock, and this is gangster.
0:11.5	The explosive story of John Goldfinger Palmer.
0:15.2	He built an empire in the sun, scamming tens of thousands of innocent people.
0:20.3	I said, who are you?
0:22.0	And he went, I'm John Palmer.
0:23.9	So I said, you're the con man who's taken all my mummy then, are you?
0:28.2	A scam that ultimately turned bloody.
0:31.1	When people started to complain, Palmer sent in violent men.
0:35.0	This is gangster, the story of John Palmer.
0:38.6	Listen now on BBC Sounds.
0:42.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:45.4	Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast.
0:50.2	I wonder what that's going to be about.
0:52.3	Usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Nahal Arthur Nyaka,
0:56.5	but there's bonus money saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners too.
1:01.7	This week, water bills are going to go up by 7.5% on average in April,
1:07.3	but there are hidden savings some of you can make that could cut what you pay by over a
1:12.6	grand. In our tellers, we want to know what's your biggest single saving that you've ever made,
1:17.8	and some people say it's on their water bill. Then there's updates on cost of living payments for
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