Podcast Episodes

Money Box: Surviving or Thriving? Households

Rising costs are having an impact on almost everyone, but that impact is very different for different social groups. Is anyone managing to make a dif…

2 years, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: The Mortgage Dilemma

The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates again this week, for the fourteenth consecutive time. The increase will hike the monthly repa…

2 years, 8 months ago

Care Homes, Consumer Duty and Stamps

Care home leaders are the latest group criticising the Government for failing to get £400 of winter fuel help to the people entitled to it. The Energ…

2 years, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: Your Rental Rights

An average of 20 potential tenants request to view each available rental home, more than triple the amount in 2019, according to data commissioned by…

2 years, 8 months ago

NHS Prescriptions and Banks Defy Customers to Stop Fraud

Sick people in England are being caught out by the complex rules which exempt some from NHS prescription charges. The Patients Association says the r…

2 years, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: Can you afford to retire?

The UK government has announced a package of reforms designed to boost pensions and increase investment in British businesses. A panel of experts exp…

2 years, 8 months ago

Call to Reopen Energy Support Scheme

A “staggering failure” is how one senior MP has described a government scheme designed to help nearly a million households with their energy bills la…

2 years, 8 months ago

Money Box Live: Your Travel Rights

Millions of people are booking their holidays right now, but with hundreds of flights already cancelled and the threat of air traffic control strikes…

2 years, 9 months ago

Energy Bill Support and AI in Banking

New data shows more than 700,000 households across Great Britain have missed out on £300 million worth of support with their energy bills. The govern…

2 years, 9 months ago

Money Box Live: Making Sense of Savings

Bank bosses are being asked to explain why interest rates on savings aren't keeping up with the rising cost of borrowing.

The heads of Lloyds, HSBC,…

2 years, 9 months ago