ITV's Martin Lewis has move into politics turned down after doing a 'silly thing'

Martin Lewis has revealed that his attempts to move into politics was recently turned down after he applied to become a member of the House of Lords. And the MoneySavingExpert.com founder thinks he was rejected for doing a 'silly thing'.

He has been repeatedly praised in recent months after he became increasingly vocal on behalf of consumers and financially stretched households, amid surging inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Back in March, Martin was branded a 'saviour' after he hosted a historic episode of Good Morning Britain.

The 50-year-old money expert returned to the helm of the show and spent a chunk of the ITV news programme taking viewers' questions as well as dishing out his best advice as millions prepared for some of the biggest price hikes in more than a decade ahead of the energy price cap which was introduced on April 1.

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Now, in an interview with the BBC’s Political Thinking podcast, Martin expressed his desire for "more consensual, co-operative politics". He told the podcast, hosted by Nick Robinson, that he was a member of the Liberal Democrats until the age of 24 but since then has been a "floating voter".

He said that it was only a number of weeks ago that his attempt to become an independent peer was turned down by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. "I did this really silly thing and I was honest in the interview," Martin admitted.

He said that he told the commission he could only offer a limited number of hours. "I’m very busy with my job, but most importantly, I have a nine-year-old daughter and until she is 13, my most important job from 6.30pm until 8pm at