Martin Lewis ITV Christmas and Black Friday special tonight

Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert comes home to Manchester for his Christmas and Black Friday ITV special show <i>(Image: PA)</i>
Martin Lewis from Money Saving Expert comes home to Manchester for his Christmas and Black Friday ITV special show (Image: PA)
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Martin Lewis has chosen Manchester, the city he was born in and grew up close to for his ITV Festive Forecaster Christmas special tonight.

The Money Saving Expert founder posted: "Nearly arriving in Manchester, been an easy train journey up, here for tomorrows Festive Forecaster Christmas special (8pm). Always nice to be working here as a Mancunian (born in Manchester, bred in Cheshire) and got quite a few family members coming to the show."

The show, on ITV1 at 8pm tonight, will look at bank switching, return rights, discounts, deals, plus all things Christmas and Black Friday.

Martin lived in Delamere Forest as a child and once lived in Norley.

The family moved to Cheshire when his father was appointed headmaster of Delamere Forest School, a Jewish school for students with special educational needs.

Bank Switching the Martin Lewis way

Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert site posted an update saying: “Banks sometimes offer switch incentives – free cash, boosted savings rates or other perks – to new customers who switch in an existing current account to a new current account with them. Essentially, banks want your custom and switch bribes are a double win for banks – you not only join them, but you leave one of their rivals.”

The site shared three banks Santander, Barclays, and Lloyds, all offering £200 to switch.

They also posted about a Santander offer that doesn't even need customers to switch: "Open a new Santander current account (whether you're a new or existing customer) via the special links below and spend 30 times on the debit card within 60 days (if that's a lot, just split your supermarket shopping up to qualify). Keep the account open and you'll get a link to claim a £100 Amazon voucher from Feb 12, 2026, (if not, check your spam). Max one voucher per person, and you will be credit-checked."

Martin Lewis on return rights ahead of Black Friday and Christmas buys

Martin will also be talking about return rights and statutory rights tonight. This comes after he warned customers about many brands are not giving customers their consumer rights to return items bought online - to the point where he has had to report them to Trading Standards.

In a Good Morning Britain briefing, he told viewers that many popular shops were denying their customers basic online consumer rights.


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Talking about online sales - apart from perishable or personalised orders, where the rules differ - he says: "you have an absolute right to change your mind, and you have 14 days after delivery.

"Important, it's after delivery, not after order, in which to tell them you're sending an item back, and 14 days after the point at which you've told them to actually send it back, which means maximum of 28 days.

"Now, as an aside, if you buy something in store, you have no of return, and there'll be people with jaws dropping over that you have no right to return items bought in store.

"Some stores will allow it as part of their returns policy, and if they publish that returns policy, it's part of the contract, but you can't take back goods bought in store unless they're faulty."

He continues: "What they're putting on their websites are the their return rights, right if you're buying something in store, but it doesn't apply if it's faulty.

"For full price items and within 14 days for sale reduced items from the date of dispatch," he corrects. "Online, by law, you've got 14 days to notify them and a further 14 days to send it back."

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