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Supermarkets versus local shopping - which is cheaper?

Which costs less – doing a big weekly supermarket shop, or buying day by day from local stores? An Oldham family has spent the last fortnight as guinea pigs in a ‘big shop, little shop’ experiment for BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Pawn of a new era: Pawnbrokers enjoy a renaissance

Once the last resort of the wretched poor, pawnbrokers have enjoyed a boom in business in austerity Britain. David Henry discovers why they are becoming a high-street presence.
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Martin Lewis: Our country’s children need to be cash savvy

It’s time to break the cycle of debt in the UK. It’s time for compulsory financial education in schools.
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Rates set to remain unchanged

The Bank of England is expected to leave interest rates untouched on Thursday despite fears over surging inflation and commodity prices.
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Martin Lewis: Don’t fall victim to the great energy price hike

This is an urgent energy warning: gas and electricity price hikes are back. To beat this you need to act at speed.
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Martin Lewis: How to get super cheap long term credit card rates

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Martin Lewis: The truth about student loans

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Martin Lewis: Calling time on costly mobiles

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Martin Lewis: Heed my wealth warnings

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Martin Lewis: Heed my wealth warnings

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