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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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Giving to charities through Gift Aid is set to become easier and charities will get more, according to the Chancellor.
23 March 2011
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Energy prices are predicted to rise this year, prompting some experts to suggest you consider fixing gas and electricity costs.
22 March 2011
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Young drivers could save hundreds of pounds on their insurance, claims a company that has just launched the latest pay how you drive product.
18 March 2011
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A mammoth 86% of motorists have called on the Chancellor to bring the price of petrol down to £1 per litre or less, in a huge poll of over 14,000 people.
17 March 2011
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An inquiry into financial education in UK primary and secondary schools has been launched today.
16 March 2011
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Shoppers who collect Nectar points will soon be able to exchange them for flights on budget airline easyJet.
15 March 2011
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Consumers will be hit by water bill price hikes of up to 9.1% from 1 April.
14 March 2011
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Shoppers who are prepared to haggle save over £200 a year, a survey reveals.
11 March 2011
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Prescription charges will be scrapped in Scotland next month, but they are set to rise in England.
4 March 2011
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Landline contracts that automatically lock you into a new deal after your present one expires could be banned.
3 March 2011
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Natwest and RBS have failed to meet a number of service targets contained in a customer charter launched last year.
2 March 2011
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Insurance price hikes could hit consumers sooner than expected following a ban on gender discrimination.
2 March 2011
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More than one million Egg credit card holders will become Barclaycard customers later this year.
28 February 2011
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Supermarket giant Tesco is launching a £200 million price war with rival Asda.
28 February 2011
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Internet giant Amazon is calling for a drop in the cost of electronic books (ebooks).
25 February 2011
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Businesses have been ordered to stop hiding key conditions from consumers in the small print.
24 February 2011