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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Paws for thought. Just how much does it cost to keep a pet?
Wed 19 Dec 2018
In the UK we spend almost 拢4.5 billion a year on domestic pets. Where does the money go?
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Hidden costs and charges
Wed 12 Dec 2018
What's being done about the 'hidden' costs of pensions, investments and savings?
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Aegon admin delays trap 拢40,000 for nine months
Sat 8 Dec 2018
The 拢40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months
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UK funeral industry investigated for high prices
Wed 5 Dec 2018
A probe is underway to see if people are being charged too much when they pay for funerals
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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鈥檚 Wages
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Inflation can change your sex life 鈥� 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.
The Death of Retirement
Money Box explores what retirement might look like in the future,
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