Podcast Episodes

How to get a good deal on a car scrappage scheme (Podcast cut)

In this excerpt from the This is Money Podcast, Simon Lambert, Rob Hull and Georgie Frost discuss how new car buyers can get the best deal from the car scrappage schemes being offered by dealers.

Th…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

What would a Labour Government do to the UK economy?

Labour didn’t win the last General Election but leader Jeremy Corbyn believes it could do next time. In case that comes around anytime soon, the party this week laid out some plans at its conference.…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Are interest rates really about to rise - and should you fix your mortgage long-term?

This week the team ask the million dollar question: are interest rates really about to rise before the end of 2017? Are house buyers in property 'paradise' after a recent index showed a fall in month…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Can you give money away and still control what happens to it?

This is Money has had a string of questions from readers looking to give their cash to children or grandchildren but who also wish to protect it from being squandered or lost in a relationship break-…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Are scrappage schemes a good deal and could your next car be electric?

Car scrappage schemes are back. After waiting in vain for the government to launch an official scrappage scheme to get dirty diesels off the road, car makers have taken matters into their own hands.

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

How to boost your finances by claiming free cashback, ditching loyalty and taking heed of a very important deadline…

Hasta La Vista PPI!

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been drafted in as a last-ditch attempt to get the millions of us who still haven't claimed compensation for mis-sold PPI to do so.

In this episode of th…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

What was the financial crisis, the credit crunch - and will it all happen again?

Ten years ago last week the greatest game of hide and seek was about to come to an end.

Banks had been lending money to people who had no way of ever paying it back to buy houses they would never be…

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago

Are banks doing enough to track down fraudsters?

Are banks doing everything that they can to track down fraudsters who con you into transferring them money?

They repeatedly tell us that they are, but one man says that’s not true.

He got scammed, to…

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago

Will a diesel and petrol car ban work - and what are electric cars like?

Will a diesel and petrol car ban even work?

If you believe the Government, in 23 years’ time new diesel and petrol cars will be banned. From 2040 the future is electric.

But as these controversial pl…

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago

Is it fair to keep raising the state pension age?

The state pension age will rise once more, it emerged this week - with those in their 40s set to lose out. But is it fair to continue to raise the state pension age in line with life expectancy, espe…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago