Podcast Episodes

Cost of Care and Energy Credit

As we continue our series of listener questions ahead of the election, we focus on the Cost of Care and how care later in life should be paid for. Da…

1 year, 10 months ago

Pensions and 'drip pricing'

We hear from a pensioner on benefits who tells us she was shocked to find herself having to pay tax on her pension for the first time. With expert he…

1 year, 10 months ago

General Election and Fraud report

What are the financial issues that you will be considering when you decide how to cast your vote in the General Election in July? Research shows that…

1 year, 10 months ago

Carers Allowance and HMRC helpline

Money Box can reveal that the government is recouping more than £250m pounds from over 100,000 carers who it says broke the earnings rule and should …

1 year, 10 months ago

Money Box Live: How to Increase Your Pay

Do you get as much as you give when it comes to your job?

We've had some important jobs numbers this week - with official data showing there are mor…

1 year, 10 months ago

Pensions Dashboard and Leasehold

The Pension Dashboard is intended to provide an online service to millions of people who have paid into a pension at work by showing all their pots a…

1 year, 11 months ago

Money Box Live: The Cost of Splitting Up

This week marks two years since the historic reform in family law, known as the 'no fault divorce', was introduced. It was aimed at reducing conflict…

1 year, 11 months ago

Digital Exclusion and National Insurance credits

Digitally excluded. An elderly couple have their accounts frozen because their documents were out of date - despite having being customers for their …

1 year, 11 months ago

Money Box Live: The Cost of Caring

Unpaid carers spend at least 35 hours a week looking after someone close to them. That someone may have an illness, a disability, a mental health pro…

1 year, 11 months ago

Carers Allowance and Minimum Payments on Credit Cards

A senior MP has told Money Box that the government must take urgent action to stop carers working up thousands of pounds of debt after unwittingly re…

1 year, 11 months ago