Martin Lewis to host new TV special which will air over Christmas period – but his tips won’t be about money

MARTIN LEWIS is good known for his adept money-saving tips and advice.

But it turns retired that he’s besides got a fewer tricks up his sleeve erstwhile it comes to playing committee games.

The Good Morning Britain presenter volition beryllium hosting a festive peculiar for ITV called How To Win At Board Games, schooling viewers connected the likes of Scrabble, Connect 4 and Monopoly.

He volition spotlight the apical tactics and game-winning tricks down the astir fashionable games and, successful the process, instrumentality connected immoderate of the toughest of competitors portion improving his ain gameplay skills.

The one-off volition aerial over Christmas to assistance his fans instrumentality connected their relatives and win.

This comes arsenic Martin issued an urgent informing to millions of households who are missing retired connected captious benefits to marque a claim.

Every year, radical suffer retired connected an estimated £23billion in benefits and enactment owed to stigma oregon the presumption that they are not eligible.

In the MoneySaving Expert newsletter Martin Lewis recently said: “Billions successful benefits goes unclaimed each twelvemonth - astir by workers oregon pensioners who person paid into the strategy for yonks and are successful request of help.

‘Even immoderate with higher incomes are owed - don’t presume ‘it’s not me’.”

The user champion has rounded up 7 benefits that are massively underclaimed.

Around 1.4 cardinal radical miss retired connected an mean of up to £5,800 in Universal Credit each year.

The monthly payment is simply a “catch-all” for those of moving property who person debased oregon nary income and surviving and lodging costs.

Households with incomes of up to £35,000 a twelvemonth are the astir apt to beryllium missing out.

But if you person kids past precocious childcare costs and rent could mean you whitethorn inactive beryllium eligible if your household income is up to £60,000 a year.

You tin marque a assertion done the Government’s website oregon by calling the Universal Credit Helpline connected 0800 328 5644.

You can check if you are eligible here.