Money Box Podcast
The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
Episodes to download
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Aegon admin delays trap £40,000 for nine months
Saturday
The £40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months
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UK funeral industry investigated for high prices
Last Wednesday
A probe is underway to see if people are being charged too much when they pay for funerals
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Carer's Allowance overpayments
Sat 1 Dec 2018
Government figures reveal nearly 70,000 cases of Carer's Allowance overpayments.
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Costs of assisted fertility
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Would you consider spending tens of thousands of pounds on IVF to become a parent?
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Outfox the Market: bill rise sparks switch
Sat 24 Nov 2018
Customers complain after energy supplier Outfox the Market hikes direct debit payments
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Financial services for the changing way we work
Wed 21 Nov 2018
Are financial products adapting to the changing way we work?
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Investing while Brexiting
Sat 17 Nov 2018
How have this week's Brexit developments affected financial markets?
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Money Box Live: Universal Credit
Wed 14 Nov 2018
What is your experience of the biggest change ever made to the benefits system?
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Free finance textbook for schools
Sat 10 Nov 2018
Probate fees, auto-enrolment pensions, pension inequality and a free financial textbook
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Money Box Live: Making Tax Digital
Wed 24 Oct 2018
A big change to the UK's tax system starts next April, but are firms ready to comply?
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Pulling the plug on subsidies for green cars
Sat 20 Oct 2018
Do the finances of buying an electric or hybrid car still stack up?
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Money Box Live: How to Avoid Inheritance Tax
Wed 3 Oct 2018
What are the legal ways to reduce the inheritance tax due on your assets when you die?
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Money Box Live: Energy Prices
Wed 12 Sep 2018
How will Ofgem's planned energy price cap affect your gas and electricity bills?
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Wages more volatile than expected
Sat 8 Sep 2018
A study finds monthly earnings are more changeable than previously thought.
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BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - Coffins Full of Car Keys
Sat 25 Aug 2018
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
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BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Condoms Can Cost a Week’s Wages
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Inflation can change your sex life – and pretty much everything else.
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BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - Bracelets for Bullets
Sat 11 Aug 2018
Why an Essex mum wanted her jewellery melted down and what it says about government debt
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BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government
Sat 4 Aug 2018
The surprising story of GDP and whether it's time to change how we measure our economy
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Money Box Live: Pension transfers
Wed 4 Jul 2018
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on defined benefit pension transfers.
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Legal action planned over training costs
Sat 16 Jun 2018
Graduates plan legal action over work training costs.
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Money Box Live: Shared Ownership
Wed 13 Jun 2018
How affordable is this scheme that allows you to buy part of your home and rent the rest?
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TSB customers hit by 'SIM swappers'
Sat 26 May 2018
How can you avoid SIM swap fraud happening to you?
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Money Box Live: Understanding NHS Continuing Healthcare
Wed 23 May 2018
When the NHS covers social care costs for free.
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Money Box Live: Zero-Hours Contracts
Wed 9 May 2018
What are the pros and cons of working on a zero-hours contract?
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Inheritance Planning Goes Wrong
Sat 5 May 2018
Losing control of your savings when inheritance planning goes wrong.
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Money Box Live: GDPR and What It Means For You
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Demystifying the new rules on data protection.
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Cost of Being Single, End of Mortgage Interest Support, Pension Transfer Letters
Sat 17 Mar 2018
The cost of being single, the end of mortgage interest support & pension transfer letters.
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Pension scheme members 'shamelessly bamboozled'
Sat 17 Feb 2018
British steel pension members 'exploited' say MPs.
The Death of Retirement
Money Box explores what retirement might look like in the future,
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