Podcast Episodes

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 An elderly couple have their accounts frozen because their documents were out of date - despite having being customers for their …

2 years, 4 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…

2 years, 4 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…

2 years, 4 months ago

Money Box Live: What's going on with leasehold?

Around 10 million people across the UK live in a leasehold property. That means they viewed the house or flat, bought it, may be paying off a mortgag…

2 years, 4 months ago

New Fraud Refund Rules and ISA Changes

New regulations aim to ensure that victims of fraud are treated fairly, no matter who they trust with their money. The financial watchdog, the Payme…

2 years, 5 months ago

Money Box Live: Can you afford your car?

This week car insurance bosses, appeared in front of MP's as part of an investigation into the cost of premiums.

They're continuing to rise and accord…

2 years, 5 months ago

Carer's Allowance and Car Insurance Costs

Tens of thousands of people who juggle caring for a loved one and having a job may be forced to cut the hours they work, according to the charity Car…

2 years, 5 months ago

Money Box Live: Can you Beat your Bills?

Data from the Financial Conduct Authority suggests fewer of us are struggling to pay our bills compared to last year, but the numbers are still high.…

2 years, 5 months ago

National Insurance Cut and Council Tax Debt

National Insurance - a tax millions of working age people pay on their wages - is being cut this weekend, for the second time this year. The main ra…

2 years, 5 months ago

Money Box Live: Resenting Renting?

April is a big month for our finances, some bills go up and one or two even come down.

A big relief for many households will be the that energy price…

2 years, 5 months ago