ITV's Martin Lewis held a one-60 minutes Cost of Living crisis special on ITV1 this evening in which he gave viewers his very latest advice on everything from energy bills to mortgages and travel coin.

During the prove, fresh from the news that free energy beak tariffs are set to ascension by some other eyewatering 42% this October, the money saving expert spoke to a worried elderly free energy customer who is seeing his monthly straight debit rise by more iii.5 times, from £46 to £146 a month.

And Martin then told viewers that such increases shouldn't be happening - and how to challenge them.

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He said: "If you were very on a very cheap fix before you would expect to run into this go up two, ii and a half times at the extreme.

"Three and a half all the same sounds extreme to me. Do a meter reading, say to them I'm in credit, say I understand my bill going up past two, two and a half times, only why are yous putting it upwards by three and a half times, that doesn't seem feasible to me, and I'd like yous to reduce it, and come upwards with a number.

Martin Lewis spoke to a worried customer on his Martin Lewis Money Show Live on Tuesday night

Martin Lewis spoke to a worried customer on his Martin Lewis Coin Bear witness Live on Tuesday nighttime

"Mayhap if you offer them £100 a calendar month. If it's still unfair and so you lot can go to the energy ombudsman. Have a conversation and go them to justify it and enquire them to bring to around £100 a month which would seem fair to me for someone in credit who's coming off a cheap set up.

"For everybody else, If you were coming off a cheap prepare and you're in credit then it shouldn't be going upwardly by annihilation like that. Around 54%, even 60-70% is fine but we take surveyed 40,000 people and for some it was going upwards by over double. It shouldn't happen.

"You have a right to a fair direct debit. Talk to your energy supplier, be polite to the people in the phone call centre but do go them to justify why they're putting it up and ask them to bring it down."

The advice comes equally the news broke today that energy bills could go up by as much as 42% in Oct, with a further predicted increment in Jan.

Martin was then asked when the government is 'going to practise something' about the rising price of living crisis.

Martin Lewis told viewers 'help is coming'

Martin Lewis told viewers 'aid is coming'

Martin tried to go to an ad suspension but ITV bosses in his ear told him to continue with what he was going to say.

"I hope I'chiliad allowed to say I was on the phone to the chancellor (Rishi Sunak) yesterday. And I was pushing very hard because I'm very worried about people making the choice between freezing and starving.

"They are absolutely aware of those difficulties. £165billion of extra savings were built up during the pandemic and those savings were for a rainy twenty-four hour period. The truth is, it's raining.

"So people who have the savings are expected to use information technology. My concern is for people who don't have the savings. I recollect help is needed, I recollect at that place will certainly be more aid coming, I don't know how big information technology will be and it might be targeted at those on the lowest incomes who accept no more room.

Martin Lewis outlines the energy price cap changes for the year ahead

Martin Lewis outlines the energy price cap changes for the twelvemonth ahead

"Whether Whether information technology will be an increase in UC, whether it will exist a bigger warm home discount, whether it will be more quango tax assist, whether it'south the £200 loan not loan that is not popular as I did say to the chancellor on the phone, all of those I retrieve are in play.

"The other large bulletin I gave to him, which he told me he had heard, is that it isn't just saying you'll do this later in the year, there is panic and a mental health risk correct at present. Fifty-fifty if you lot're non going to say exactly what you're going to practice, some forward guidance on when action will be coming and how noun that volition be volition make many across the nation breathe a collective sigh of relief. I don't know what they're going to exercise but we know they need to do something.

"My chore is not party political. My job is to urge them to practise something and I think information technology needs doing. Fingers crossed they will. It's not to expose them for not doing it, information technology's to urge them to do it."

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