Martin Lewis has issued a warning to cat-owners to get their beloved pets microchipped to avoid a hefty fine.

Mr Lewis said: “From Monday June 10, by law, in England (doesn’t apply to rest of UK) all cats aged 20+ weeks must be microchipped and registered on a database (it became law for dogs in 2016). Yet over 20 percent aren’t yet.”

Those that fail to comply with this new rule face a weighty £500 fine.

Figures from the vet charity PSDA suggest that there are more than two million…