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Ellie Smitherman
Senior Consumer Reporter
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@EllieSmitherman
Ellie is a Senior Consumer Reporter at
The Sun
. She writes for the award-winning
Money
section both online and in print. Her interests include
pensions
and retirement,
retail
news and supporting readers during the
cost of living
crisis. She regularly helps readers with their pensions-related problems, such as
getting unfair penalty charges waived
and spreading
awareness of potential issues
, as well as reporting on
policy changes affecting the industry
. Ellie also news edits and helps manage the Money team. She joined
Sun Money
in October 2022 after a 14-month stint in local news at
The Argus
, in Brighton. Her reporting included
human interest
,
crime,
inquest
and
entertainment
stories. Ellie holds a degree in multimedia journalism from
Bournemouth University
. Got a story? Send it to
[email protected]
NEW ERA
When will King Charles’ face appear on bank notes and coins?
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SWITCH UP
I'm a 'super-switcher' and got £3,000 free cash that helped us pay for a holiday
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CLOSING TIME
Big high street chain with 100 sites to shut 'excellent' branch in weeks
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THANKS A LATTE
Sainsbury's selling new Cadbury drink to recreate Starbucks at home
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LIGHT ME UP
Bargain hunters are flocking to Aldi to nab £5 buy to brighten up your garden
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CASH BOOST
Martin Lewis' MSE reveals exactly who will get free £100 one-off payment in days
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BYE BYE
High street chains to shut 12 stores in weeks - see the full list
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BARGAIN BUY
B&M slashes price of stylish home furniture to just £1 instead of £22
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POT OF LUCK
100,000s missing out on 'lifeline' pension top-ups of £2.6k – can you claim?
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HELPING HAND
One-off payments worth up to £100 going to thousands - will you get it?
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BAD CALL
How to keep phone costs low as sneaky firms are hiking ‘fixed’ deals up by £50
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POT LUCK
Warning to pensioners on low incomes over 'huge postcode lottery' costing £4,000
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UNHAPPY MEAL
Maccies making big change to menus - see full list of items disappearing
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DOWN AND OUT
Natwest bank app & website down leaving 1,000s of customers unable to log on
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BILL CHANGE
Martin Lewis explains what the price cap means - including 'outrageous' charge
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TO YOUR CREDIT
Full list of 11 benefits paid early today including Universal Credit
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BILL BOOST
Energy bills to fall by £122 for millions in July as new price cap confirmed
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MONEY FOR NOTHING
We were given £12k by a stranger – it was a BIG shock but totally legit
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