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Wales Online
Phil Norris

Martin Lewis reveals the new 'high level currency' he'll give his daughter as 'pocket money'

Pocket money can be a battleground for families - how much, how often and what can children spend it on. And money saving expert Martin Lewis has told BBC listeners of a big change being considered in his household.

The 49-year-old was speaking to Nihal Arthanayake on BBC 5 Live on Wednesday (March 2) about people's approaches to paying pocket money and what it was linked to. One listener said they had started to 'pay' pocket money in screen time rather than cash.

Mr Lewis, a father of one, said in response: "Funnily enough, we had that very discussion in my household last night, about a lot of screen time and certain other things that we would like her to be doing... or reading, or practising a musical instrument.

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