Brits share life hacks ‘everyone should know’ and can help save money

“Check if you have a local community card. For example, in Bath the council gives residents free or heavily discounted access to amazing local museums and attractions.”

This led to fellow users to share their handy advice, with one person writing: “Libraries are marvellous and more people should sign up to their online services where you can loan ebooks and audiobooks.

“I’ve saved tons of money listening to audiobooks there rather than having an audible subscription. All completely free.”

Another gave a detailed response: “If your internet contract expires and they have a “new deal for new customers” which is significantly cheaper, call up your provider and be nice. They’ll usually reduce it significantly.

“If you’re self-employed and your financial situation is fairly simple, you can probably find out what you need online or just call the helpline for clarification – there’s no need to pay an accountant.

“If you’re on benefits or a very low income, please check to see if you qualify for a council tax reduction.”

A third said: “Two together railcard. It almost instantly pays off if you travel just a bit.”

Another commented: “If you see a pothole in the road, you can report it to the council and they’ll often fix it.

“Don’t assume that someone else will, I reported one last year after 9 months of cycling around it, it took them 5 days to get it filled.”

One person suggested: “I was struggling to get a GP appointment for my chest pain, so the next time I went to a PL game I reported my symptoms to the St John’s ambulance people there.

“Within 20 minutes I had an ECG, blood pressure measured and other vitals taken (pain was just muscular in the end but great to have it checked).”

And finally, someone added: “If you have a complaint with a bank do not back down until they give you a complaint stalemate statement to take to the ombudsman. Often they’ll pay you off before then as it costs them a few hundred quid to even receive an invalid ombudsman complaint.”

Do you have any life hacks that you’d recommend?