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Martin Lewis warned that children struggle to recognise the difference between real money and money spent on applications on mobile devices and tablets.The financial expert told MPs at the Commons Education Committee on Tuesday (5 March) he hears from parents whose children have spent money on purchases inside games.”In the old days when you had cash and you had money in a game, the money in the game wasn’t real and the cash was real. Now the two things are very similar,” Mr Lewis said.During the same committee hearing, schools minister Damian Hinds pulled faces behind Mr Lewis as he criticised the government’s “political failing” in financial education. More

David Cameron has marked 100 days as foreign secretary by featuring in a video social media users described as “embarrassing.”Footage shows Lord Cameron walking in front of a camera saying: “My team set me the challenge to see if I could say all the things that I think we’ve done in the last hundred days”, before referencing “36 different visits to 26 different countries” and aid for Ukraine and Gaza.Lord Cameron’s video had a mixed reaction after it was posted on X/Twitter.Some told him to “keep up the good work”, while others described the footage as “cringey.” More

Schools minister Damian Hinds pulled faces behind Martin Lewis as the MoneySavingExpert founder criticised the government’s “political failing” in financial education at a parliament committee on Tuesday, 5 March.The financial expert told MPs at the Commons Education Committee he donated money to provide a financial education textbook for schools because “the state would not”.As Mr Lewis said “I could have put bias into this textbook. We need proper textbooks, digital resources. We need teachers to be trained, and we need ongoing teacher training,” Mr Hinds appeared to scowl.Mr Lewis has campaigned for financial education to be on the national curriculum. More

A Conservative MP has suggested Joe Biden “needs to read the room” and retire.Speaking on Super Tuesday (5 March), Tim Loughton said the US needs to “be led by a strong, credible, moderate president” and that neither Biden nor Donald Trump “fit that bill”.A re-match between the pair in the US presidential election this November is looking increasingly likely.“Joe Biden, who I’m sure is a decent chap, frankly he needs to read the room,” Mr Loughton told BBC Politics Live.“It’s time to go home to the cocoa and slippers.” More

A top Tory minister has suggested George Galloway’s Rochdale by-election win is “not a good thing for the country”.Greg Hands also described the Workers Party leader as an “opportunist who sows the seeds of division”.“He doesn’t stay popular, he lost his seat in Bethnal Green and Bow, and he lost his seat in Bradford in the following election. He’s somebody who never delivers for his constituents,” Mr Hands told Good Morning Britain on Tuesday 5 March.Mr Galloway was sworn in as the new Rochdale MP in the House of Commons on Monday, following his by-election win. More

Speculation continues to mount as the chancellor prepares to deliver what is likely to be the last Budget before the general election on Wednesday 6 March.Most of that speculation has so far focused on tax cuts, although both Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak have been less keen to talk up the prospect of further tax reductions after official forecasts were reported to have reduced the amount of “headroom” available to meet their fiscal rules.The main question has been whether Mr Hunt will cut income tax or repeat the national insurance cut he introduced in last year’s autumn statement, with either offering a pre-election giveaway to voters. More

George Galloway has been sworn in as the new Rochdale MP in the House of Commons.The Workers Party of Britain leader took an oath of allegiance before signing the Test Roll in parliament on Monday (4 March). Mr Galloway was escorted by the Alba Party’s Neale Hanvey and the Father of the House Peter Bottomley.Mr Galloway was announced as the winner of the Rochdale by-election in the early hours of Friday (1 March), with the Workers Party of Britain leader receiving just under 40 percent of the vote. More

Martin Lewis has explained what people can expect from the chancellor’s much-anticipated spring Budget.Jeremy Hunt is likely expected to cut National Insurance contributions, over income tax in the Budget on Wednesday (4 March).The Money Saving Expert founder has now revealed what a cut would mean for people’s pay packets.Speaking on This Morning on Monday (2 March), Mr Lewis said: For a two percent cut for each £10,000 you earn over £12,500, you will be £200 a year better off.” More