Podcast Episodes

MBL: Shared Ownership

If you’re priced out of the housing market, could shared ownership help you onto the property ladder? Offered by housing associations and private de…

5 years, 5 months ago

Fraud victims facing salary deductions

We've been hearing from listeners who’ve been contacted by Department for Work and Pensions demanding repayment of Universal Credit advances that the…

5 years, 5 months ago

Payment Holidays

Is taking a break from regular payments on your mortgage, credit card or a loan for example a good way to help you through financial difficulties?

Cha…

5 years, 5 months ago

Fraud in the Direct Debit system

Money Box has found evidence of fraud in the Direct Debit system. We hear how Ursula, pictured with her son Phil, was repeatedly targeted. But how ca…

5 years, 5 months ago

MBL: What does the Spending Review mean for you?

As the government lay out their financial plans for the next year, Paul Lewis and our panel discuss how they will affect your money. From pay and ben…

5 years, 5 months ago

Parents not able to claim Test and Trace Support Payment

Money Box investigates why parents who have to take unpaid leave to look after children who need to self isolate are unable to claim the £500 Test an…

5 years, 5 months ago

MBL: Record redundancies

The UK is seeing a record number of redundancies, with the latest figures showing more than 314,000 people lost their jobs over the summer. Charmaine…

5 years, 5 months ago

Warm Home Discount 'lottery'

How do you make sure that people get advice before they cash in their pension funds early? The latest figures show that more than £2 billion was rele…

5 years, 5 months ago

MBL: The "excluded" self-employed

In the early days of lockdown the government announced support for the self-employed who'd had their work impacted - or even destroyed - by the pande…

5 years, 5 months ago

Refused a home Covid test

A Money Box investigation has found that people across the UK are being refused home Covid tests because of their credit histories. The government us…

5 years, 6 months ago