Podcast Episodes

Energy Back Billing and Lifetime ISAs

Thousands of people have made complaints to the Energy Ombudsman related to so-called back billing, which is when customers are sent new bills for en…

1 year, 7 months ago

Money Box Live: Disability and Finance

Research from charity Scope suggests that disabled households have to find an extra £1,000 pounds a month to have the same standard of living as non-…

1 year, 7 months ago

State Pension Tax and Debt Relief Orders

Over 1.4 million pensioners unexpectedly received a tax bill last year, according to exclusive data shared with Money Box. The mutual life, pensions…

1 year, 7 months ago

Money Box Live: Cost of Insurance

Car, home, travel and life insurance are just some of the policies we might take out to protect ourselves if the worst happens.

This year we've alread…

1 year, 7 months ago

Child Trust Funds and Gilts

A senior MP has backed calls to start automatically paying out hundreds of millions of pounds to young adults if they haven’t claimed government-back…

1 year, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: School Costs

1 in 5 parents say they're struggling with the cost of sending their children to school according to the National Parent Survey.

There're uniform cost…

1 year, 8 months ago

Breakfast Clubs and Housing Costs

The Government made a start this week on its manifesto promise to provide free breakfast clubs in every primary school in England. The Children's Wel…

1 year, 8 months ago

Live from Sheffield: Affording Care

Money Box Live broadcasts from Grange Crescent Residential Care Home in Sheffield for a special programme on the cost of care.

Unlike NHS services, so…

1 year, 8 months ago

Energy Costs and Private Schools VAT

Temperatures have fallen below zero in much of the UK this week, just as gas and electricity prices rose. From New Year's Day the price cap set by th…

1 year, 8 months ago

The Cost of Having a Pet

There are 36 million pets in the UK, which doesn't include fish and other aquatics, and the cost of owning one can add up.

One of the biggest bills a …

1 year, 8 months ago