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Helen Knapman

Helen Knapman

News & Investigations Editor

Helen has over a decade's experience championing consumer causes and has worked as a personal finance journalist and editor on national titles since January 2011.

She has held her current role, MSE's News and Investigations Editor, since April 2023. Previously, Helen held senior positions at financial magazine Moneywise and at The Sun.

Helen covers all issues that impact consumers, and has played a pivotal role in MSE's Lifetime ISA and unusually high call volumes campaigns. Standing up for consumers, fighting for their rights, investigating injustices, and holding big firms and the powers that be to account is what drives Helen. She regularly appears as an expert for MSE on TV, radio and in print.

Helen was named as the Wincott Foundation's Personal Finance Journalist of the Year in 2019, having won the Online Financial Journalist of the Year at the 2013 Santander Media Awards.

In her spare time, Helen tries to practise what she preaches by bagging a bargain on everything from gym classes to globetrotting and dining out.

Latest from Helen Knapman

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Passengers booking a Ryanair flight in the UK can only avoid an admin fee for the privilege of paying by getting Ryanair's own prepaid card from today.
1 November 2011
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Home repairs group HomeServe says it has halted telephone sales and will retrain nearly 500 call centre staff, after discovering possible mis-selling of its household emergency policies.
31 October 2011
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The Government faces further calls to cap the cost of payday loans and other high costs credit firms, after an e-petition urging action was launched this week in support of proposals by Labour MP Stella Creasy.
27 October 2011
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New EU rules that aim to provide more protection for shoppers, particularly when buying online, have moved a step closer.
25 October 2011
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Consumers with a current account that offers insurance or other extras could be left without any cover if they fail to register first.
24 October 2011
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The price of stamps could rise, if new Ofcom proposals are approved.
24 October 2011
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New guidance on debt collecting has today been published by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), in a bid to better protect consumers in financial difficulty.
19 October 2011
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The cost of car insurance has risen over the past year by 16%, though the annual rise was tempered by a fall in costs between July and October, indicating the huge rises of recent years are over.
19 October 2011
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Consumers who can't get mainstream gas and electricity are not getting ripped-off by energy suppliers, new findings from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) show.
18 October 2011
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Asda shoppers can get a £5 money-off voucher by spending on groceries this week, in the latest salvo fired in the supermarket price war.
17 October 2011
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Online grocery shoppers should beware a possible hike in the cost of their food and drink between order and delivery dates.
12 October 2011
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The supermarket price war is about to intensify as Sainsbury's will launch its new 'Brand Match' grocery scheme tomorrow, pledging to take on rivals Asda and Tesco.
11 October 2011
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The number of people running into debt after taking out a payday loan has quadrupled in two years, consumer charity Citizens Advice warns.
10 October 2011
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Pensioners could soon get a reduced income when buying a retirement cash stream, experts warn.
7 October 2011
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The two cheapest energy tariffs have been withdrawn from sale by Scottish Power.
4 October 2011
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Technology giant Apple has this evening launched the new iPhone 4S.
4 October 2011