'Bland, boring, unnecessary' - Martin Lewis slams MAS

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Martin Lewis, the man behind Money Saving Expert, has launched a blistering attack on the Money Advice Service (MAS), describing it as a 'narcissistic brand-building exercise'.

He was one of the witnesses appearing today before a Treasury Select Committee sub-committee which was listening to evidence as part of an inquiry into the service. Lewis was particularly critical of the significant marketing spend, about £20m of a total £46.3m budget this year, as well as the healthcheck tool featured on its website. He said: "The product is abominable and I'd be embarrassed to put most of their tools on my website." Lewis repeated some of the criticisms of the healthcheck he had received through Twitter and also described the website as "bland, boring, unnecessar...

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