Inside Martin Lewis' career as Money Saving Expert nominated for new NTA category

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Martin Lewis has been helping the nation with his money saving tips for years, but this year the Money Saving Expert has been going the extra mile to help millions of people struggling with the cost of living crisis.Tonight he has a chance of earning some recognition for his hard work after being nominated for a National Television Award as part of a new Expert category added this year.Lewis has some tough competition as he goes up against The Repair Shop's Jay Blades, Sir David Attenborough and Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star from Clarkson's Farm.The winner of the new category will be announced live at the NTAs tonight in an evening celebrating the best contributions to British television this year.Martin has been nominated for the expert advice that he has been offering on The Martin Lewis Money Show, which has seen him provide help with pensions, the energy price cap, student finance and much more.Here's how Martin Lewis became the Money Saving Expert.Martin moved to London at the age of 19 to study Government and Law at LSE and spent a year as general secretary of the students union.

After graduating, he went on to work as a spin doctor in financial public relations and later returned to university to study broadcast journalism at Cardiff University.

After graduating for the second time, he secured a staff job in the BBC's Business Unit, which saw him working on personal finance and business programmes.

While there, he spent time as a business editor for Radio 4's Today programme as well as reporting for BBC One, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5.