Martin Lewis hosted Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna Reid as they aired a special segment on how to reduce your energy bills. The money-saving expert spoke with three viewers in the studio who needed help with their their energy bills and were unsure whether to fix or switch. They were sat down and shown how to use comparison sites to see if they could lower their monthly outgoings and were surprised at how easy it was.
One of the participants admitted she felt "embarassed" over how simple it was to use and that she would take time out of her busy schedule in the future to check comparison sites. Susanna asked Cat from South Harrow, London: "What up until now has stopped you taking action?" She replied: "I am a busy mum of two, I work and if we have survived the day, the thought then of going on to my energy site and finding a password I have forgotten. It all just feels like too much.
Martin interjected: "However, how long did it just take you? How long?" Cat responded: "I am embarrassed to say how quick it was. It was less than three minutes for me to get a list of comparisons." Martin added: "There's busy but there's not THAT busy.
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