Podcast Episodes

Money Box Live: Fostering Finance

There are nearly 70,000 children in the UK who are in foster care.

Foster carers main concern has to be the children they look after, including many…

1 year, 6 months ago

Winter Fuel Payment and Inheritance Tax

Hundreds of thousands of disabled pensioners will be unfairly impacted by the cut in Winter Fuel Payment, according to two leading charities who've s…

1 year, 6 months ago

Money Box Live: Gambling Debt

Figures given exclusively to Money Box Live show that almost two-thirds of people who called the National Gambling Helpline had gambling related debt…

1 year, 7 months ago

Household Support Fund and Gambling with Credit

Hundreds of millions of pounds has been made available from the government for local authorities across the UK to spend on those most in need of fina…

1 year, 7 months ago

Money Box Live: Cheaper Childcare?

Working parents and carers of children aged 9 months or over are now entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare a week during term time.

50 hours of nur…

1 year, 7 months ago

Winter Fuel Payment and Using Cash

Many pensioners in England and Wales will lose Winter Fuel Payments this year. This annual payment had been universal and worth £200 or £300 pounds …

1 year, 7 months ago

Money Box Live: Chasing a Dream

Not every dream job has an obvious route to success, so how do you make your passion project pay without falling behind on your bills?

Visa research s…

1 year, 8 months ago

Benefit Overpayments and Travel Money

Nearly 10,000 people have needed free debt advice because of accidental overpayments by the Department for Work and Pensions in the past 12 months. T…

1 year, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: Your Power of Attorney Questions

Felicity Hannah looks at giving someone Lasting Power of Attorney - that's the authority to manage your financial affairs in the event that you could…

1 year, 8 months ago

Tackling Mobile Fraud and Savings Tax

New tactics to fight mobile phone fraud are being rolled out across England and Wales. It's when mobile phones are stolen not for the value of the p…

1 year, 8 months ago