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The Martin Lewis Podcast

Energy bill help, free wills and super service

The Martin Lewis Podcast

BBC

Business

4.2789 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Martin Lewis Podcast is here – founder of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis joins BBC Radio 5live’s Nihal Arthanayake to answer your energy questions. The Energy Price Cap will fall by 23% in April 2023, to £3,280/year for a typical household, but energy bills are currently controlled by the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) – and this is set to rise by 20% from 1 April. This is why Martin has been urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to postpone the rise – a plea now backed by more than 85 other organisations. The energy secretary Grant Shapps said he is "very sympathetic" to the suggestions and he was working "hard" with Chancellor on the issue.

Elsewhere in the podcast, ‘Tell Us’ what is your best ever experience of customer service? When did a firm go above and beyond and who was it with? Did it make you more loyal in future? And Nihal takes on Martin’s Money Mastermind – this week he’s quizzed on pensions.

Plus Martin’s podcast exclusive money-saving tips, including changes to Chase, the app-based bank, which is a best or near best-buy in a good few categories. Also it’s Free Wills Month – it’s a charity event that lets you get solicitor-drafted wills for free. In return, they hope you'll make a donation or leave a 'bequest' in your will, leaving them something when you die.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Please, I beg you in the name of God.

0:03.1

I need some assistance from you.

0:04.8

Who is worthy of our trust?

0:08.2

I just thought this is very, very shady,

0:11.2

and there's something definitely wrong about this.

0:13.9

He didn't believe me.

0:14.7

I say, well, I'm not a schemer.

0:16.7

I'm not a bad person.

0:18.3

Join me, Matthew Side,

0:20.0

for the latest season of my BBC Radio 4 podcast, Sideways.

0:25.1

Seven new stories of seeing the world differently and the ideas that shape our lives.

0:31.0

I need to figure out a way to really compensate him or else I'm going to be the scammer that I accused him of being.

0:36.8

Sideways on BBC Sounds.

0:41.2

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:44.8

Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast.

0:49.5

I do wonder what that's going to be about.

0:51.9

Usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show

0:55.2

with Nihal Arthur Nyaka, but there's bonus money saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners.

1:01.5

So what's in the show this week? I'm very glad you asked. Well, of course, we can't avoid it.

1:07.4

We'll be talking energy bills. It's been announced that the price cap is to drop,

1:11.8

but what your pay is going up by 20%, or is it? I'll be focusing on answering your energy questions.

1:20.5

Do also tell us the best customer service you've ever had. I want to tell you how to get a free

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