Martin Lewis advice on how to get £600 through special Government savings account
Money saving guru Martin Lewis has highlighted the story of a fan who followed his advice - and scooped an extra £600 cash direct from the Government. Mr Lewis on his ITV show last night, The Martin Lewis Money Show, urged anyone eligible to sign up for a Help to Save bank account.
Martin Lewis showed his viewers the example of a woman who successfully signed up to a Help To Save bank account. The woman, a farmer, said she had been struggling to make ends meet but having opened a Help To Save account, managed to reduce her broadband and mobile phone costs and stuck the £50 a month she saved into the Help To Save account.
She told Martin’s viewers: “I’ve been paying £50 a month for two years and my account showed £1,200. The government then paid me £600 into my current account. It’s amazing!” “You can put in up to £50 a month over two years. Then, the bonus you get is on the maximum amount you had in. This is really crucial. Imagine you put in £50 a month, and you got up to £600, and then you had an emergency, your window’s broken and you had to pay to have it repaired and all your £600 goes and you can’t afford to put any money in after that.
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