Podcast Episodes

Money Box Live: Making Sense of Your Pay

How much do we really understand about our pay?

From frozen tax thresholds to salary sacrifice and minimum wage increases, a number of changes made in…

4 months, 1 week ago

Cash ISA Change and Carers Allowance

The Chancellor announced dozens of changes in the Budget that will affect the money in your pocket from wages and energy bills to savings. Many of th…

4 months, 1 week ago

Money Box Live: Autumn Budget 2025

For months we’ve heard speculation about what the Autumn Budget might bring - now we know. The Chancellor has delivered her statement, setting out pl…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Life-changing Scams and Child Benefit

Money Box takes a special look at how victims of fraud are treated by those supposed to help them in the weeks and months afterwards. How are they he…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Water Bills and Graduate Jobs

A record number of households across England and Wales are now getting social tariffs from water suppliers to help cut their bills. Two million house…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspended child benefit and the cost of school trips

MPs on the Treasury Select Committee are seeking answers from HMRC after thousands of parents have had their child benefit stopped because they took …

5 months ago

Funeral insurance cancelled and not-so-simple assessment?

Thousands of people who've paid millions of pounds into an insurance plan they thought would cover their funeral costs face getting nothing in retur…

5 months, 1 week ago

Money Box Live: Beating the squeeze?

Inflation may not be in double digits anymore, but it is still almost double the Bank of England's target. That means prices are rising twice as fast…

5 months, 1 week ago

Infected Blood Compensation and Standing Charges

Lawyers acting for victims of the infected blood scandal have written to the Chancellor demanding urgent action to avoid families and loved ones havi…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Money Box Live: First-Time Buyers

For some it's the dream, for others it's the plan, for most it's an effort. On this programme we look at buying a first home. It's rarely easy but pl…

5 months, 2 weeks ago