BBC Radio Podcasts from Money Box
Pension Freedoms and Flee Funds
The bank offering a 'flee fund' to help customers escape abusive relationships.
Money Box Live: Mortgages and Debt
What can you do if you're struggling to pay your mortgage?
Crypto-Related Fraud and Mortgage Arrears
New figures show an increase in fraud involving cryptocurrency.
Money Box Live: childcare
How will new arrangements for childcare payments affect parents in England?
Frozen Tax Thresholds and Bailiffs
What do frozen income tax thresholds mean for your money?
Money Box Live: Budget Special
What does the Budget mean for your money?
The Future of Money and Universal Credit
Paul Lewis visits a new exhibition at the Bank of England Museum which opened this week.
Hannah and Seagull: Learning Money
Felicity Hannah and Bobby Seagull meet young people in Wakefield learning about money.
Energy Debt and Annuities
New analysis suggests millions of households' energy debt has doubled over the past year.
Money Box Live: Co-parenting Finances
If you are co-parenting with an ex, how do you sort out the finances?
Probate Delays and Pension Charges
Why are there long delays to get probate and what can be done about it?
Money Box Live: When Can You Retire?
Can you afford to retire or will you have to keep working?
Citizens Advice Closure and Investment Platforms
What does the future hold for advice centres facing funding difficulties?
Money Box Live: Are Savers Getting a Good Deal?
Is the money you've set aside working hard or hardly working?
Bereavement Support Deadline and Warm Home Discount
Thousands of unmarried bereaved parents running out of time to claim thousands of pounds.
Money Box Live: How to Start a Business
Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden on the positives and pitfalls.
Fraud Victims Treasury Meeting and Funeral Scams
Campaigners for victims of pension and investment fraud meet with the Treasury.
Money Box Live: What's going on with Energy Bills?
Is this winter tougher than last year's when it comes to paying your energy bills?
Pension Scams & HMRC and Fuel Vouchers
The people who've lost pension funds to fraud that are being chased by HMRC for tax.
Money Box Live: Flooding and Insurance
The cost of flooding and what to do if your home or business is caught in a deluge.
Fake Job Offers and Pension Pots
The increase in money being stolen through fake text messages offering people jobs.
Money Box Live: The Childcare Challenge
Struggling with childcare costs? We're unravelling the latest changes designed to help.
National Insurance Cut and Fraud Refunds
From today millions of UK workers will pay less National Insurance - what does that mean?
Money Box Live: Financial Resolutions
Your financial New Year's resolutions and how to keep them.
Money Box Live: Survival Guide
A post Christmas guide to surviving the sales, filing your tax return and how to regift!
Scottish Budget, Core Maths and Christmas Winners
How will the personal finances of people in Scotland be affected by this week’s budget?
Money Box Live: The Rising Cost of Rent
Queuing for a viewing and budget busting prices, this week we're talking about rent.
Inflation, Gift Cards and Energy Deals
How high does inflation feel to you? We discuss a new way of measuring it.
Money Box Live: Christmas Spending and Scams
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas or are you already in the red?
Teenage Scam Ads and Mortgage Overpayments
Should financial education in schools warn teenagers about social media scams?
Money Box Live: Banking
The changing face of banking and how to manage your money.
Cyber-Attack Hits Home Sales and Charity Bank Accounts
Hundreds of house sales stuck in limbo after a cyber-attack last week.
Money Box Live: Power of Attorney
Who will look after your money if you no longer can?
Tax Cuts, Housing Costs and Paying at the Pump
Paul Lewis discusses tax cuts and local housing allowance after the Autumn Statement.
Money Box Live: Autumn Statement Special
What does the Autumn Statement mean for you and your money?
QR Code Scams and Bank Account Access
The number of reported scams involving QR codes nearly quadruples in less than three years
Money Box Live: How to Save for Children
This week we're looking at the best ways to save for children and grandchildren.
Help for people in mortgage arrears and deferring your state pension.
As the number of homeowners in mortgage arrears jumps we look at a scheme trying to help.
Money Box Live: Love and Money
Love and Money - how do you manage your finances in your relationship?
Fraud Refunds Report and Savings Tax
New report reveals the record of individual banks on reimbursing victims of fraud.
Lancaster Live: Can You Afford Your Home?
Struggling with your mortgage or rent? We're live in Lancaster to explore housing costs.
Loan Sharks and Car Insurance
How people are turning to loan sharks to borrow money to pay for essentials.
Money Box Live: Fighting Back Against Fraud
New figures show more than £500m was lost to fraudsters in the first six months of 2023.
£1.6m fraud investigation and Help to Buy
The UK company which had £1.6m stolen by fraudsters in a matter of minutes.
Money Box Live: Digital Divide
How not being able to get online could impact your finances.
Energy debt and Pension Withdrawals
Ofgem says energy debts reached £2.6 billion in the summer.
Money Box Live: Saving for Your Send Off
Saving for your funeral. Do you know what you want and can you afford it?
Funeral Plans and Energy Credit
A funeral firm goes bust - leaving thousands of customers without the plans they paid for.
Money Box Live: Cutting Energy Costs this Winter
Can you insulate yourself from big energy bills this winter?
Energy Credit and Bereavement Support
Energy companies are holding 8 billion pounds of customers' money in the form of credit.
Mortgages and Part-time Work for Students
As the Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25% - what does that mean for mortgages?
Money Box Live: The Battle Against Rising Bills
There's price rise relief as inflation dips but what will it mean for your bills?
Rationing to pay debts and Bank Account Closures
Claims that 1 in 5 UK adults have been forced to ration essentials to pay debts.
Money Box Live: Pensions, Actually
This week we're joined by Richard Curtis to talk about pensions for the next generation.
Saving for Retirement and Hollywood Strikes
Warnings that we're saving too little for retirement.
Money Box Live: How to Handle Debt
This week, Money Box Live looks at debt and how to cope with it.
Buy Now, Pay Later and Accessible Homes
Research suggests 1 in 5 people are turning to Buy Now, Pay Later to pay for essentials.
Money Box Live from Leeds: Student Finance
What does the biggest shift in student finance for a decade really mean?
Surviving to Thriving? The High Street
How one high street is trying to thrive, despite the cost of living rising.
Surviving or Thriving? School
What does the rising cost of living mean for farms, households, schools and businesses?
Surviving or Thriving? Farms
What does the rising cost of living mean for farms, households, schools and businesses?
Money Box: Surviving or Thriving? Households
What does the rising cost of living mean for households, farms, schools and businesses?
Money Box Live: The Mortgage Dilemma
Your mortgage dilemmas and what your options are.
Care Homes, Consumer Duty and Stamps
Care home leaders call for an energy support scheme to be reopened.
Money Box Live: Your Rental Rights
What are your rights as a private tenant?
NHS Prescriptions and Banks Defy Customers to Stop Fraud
Call to simplify the system for NHS prescription exemptions in England.
Money Box Live: Can you afford to retire?
What is the best way to manage your pension pot? A panel of experts answer your questions.
Call to Reopen Energy Support Scheme
Senior MP calls for the government to reopen a scheme designed to help 900,000 households.
Money Box Live: Your Travel Rights
What can you do if your flight is cancelled or delayed? And how can you get a refund?
Energy Bill Support and AI in Banking
Investigation shows over 700,000 households have missed out on energy bill support.
Money Box Live: Making Sense of Savings
Is now a good time to save and what are the options?
Saving Rates and Pension Helpline Problems
As mortgage costs rise, why aren’t savings rates rising as fast?
Money Box Live: Finance for the under 30s
How are young people coping during the cost of living?
Rising Mortgage Costs and Young People's Finances
If you're a homeowner impacted by rising rates, what are your options?
Money Box Live: Mortgage Affordability
What are your options if you are struggling to pay your mortgage?
HMRC Helpline Closure and Insurance Costs
HMRC on why it has closed its self-assessment tax helpline until September.
Money Box Live: How to protect your data
What's the impact of your personal data being stolen? We hear from experts and victims.
Child Trust Funds and Data Breaches
What to do when your personal details are stolen.
Money Box Live: The Cost of Owning a House
What's happening in the housing market and how does it impact you?
Mortgages, Tax Free Childcare and Funeral plans
What's the latest for the mortgage market?
Money Box Live: Investing
Are you thinking of investing for the first time? We give advice on how to do it safely.
Buy Now Pay Later and Mortgage Prisoners
Credit unions on the customers who already have multiple buy now, pay later loans.
Money Box Live: Being Widowed
How to manage your finances after you lose a husband, wife or partner.
Mobile Phone Scams and Scottish Widows
How criminals are getting smarter at using our mobile phones to hack our banking apps.
Money Box Live: Fighting Fraud
We discuss the impact of fraud and how to protect yourself.
Fraud and Food Prices
We discuss new figures showing the scale of fraud and ask what you can do about it.
Money Box Live: Making Sense of Mortgages
How are changes in the housing market impacting you and your mortgage?
Money Box Live: The King's Cash
A special visit to the Royal Mint to mark the King's coronation.
Pensions and the Coronation
Ahead of the coronation, we look at personal finance in the 1950s.
Money Box Live: Small Businesses
What are the challenges and opportunities of setting up your own small business?
Self Employment and Scam Texts
What are the financial challenges of setting up a business on your own?
Money Box Live: Babies and Toddlers
How are parents managing the cost of having very young children?
Healthy Start and Digital Memories
The parents missing out on extra financial help to pay for food for their children.
Money Box Live: Learning Disability and Neurodiversity
We hear how people manage their money and their learning disability, or neurodiversity.
How to grow an entrepreneur
Felicity Hannah explores what it takes to set up a business at a young age.
Money Box Live: New Financial Year
How will the financial changes coming into force in April affect you?
Your Household Bills: Lincoln Live
From household bills to tax changes - all you need to know.
Money Box Live: Rental Health Special
Felicity Hannah and Winifred Robinson take questions on the legal rights of renters.
Rental Health: Housing benefits frozen as rents rise
Felicity Hannah hears how a freeze in housing benefit payments is affecting renters.
Money Box Live: First-Time Buyers
Are you trying to get on the property ladder? A panel of experts answer your questions.
Romance scam refund and prepayment meter penalty
A £150,000 refund for a romance fraud victim, and savings for prepayment meter customers.
Money Box Live: Budget Day Special
What was in the chancellor's budget and how does it impact your finances?
HMRC National Insurance deadline extended
HMRC extend the National Insurance top up deadline after a surge in calls.
Money Box Live: Cost of Food
How is the price of your food shop changing?
Rising Rents and Energy Bills
New data from SpareRoom shows rent costs on its site up by almost 13 per cent year on year
Money Box Live: Working Over 50
The finances and practicalities of returning to work after 50.
Over 50s Workers and Faulty Prepayment Meters
What does it take to get over 50s back into work?
Money Box Live: Your Pensions and Investments
A panel of experts answer questions on your pension investments.
Lasting Power of Attorney delays and Mortgages
The Office of the Public Guardian apologises over lasting power of attorney delays.
Money Box Live: Are you worried about debt?
Worried about debt? Charities say record numbers of people are turning to them for help.
Cost of Living Crisis: Working People
New figures show more employed people are accessing crisis support.
Money Box Live: The Art of a Complaint
If you need to complain, how should you do it? Callers and experts share their top tips.
Energy complaints rise to record levels
Paul Lewis hears how complaints to the Energy Ombudsman reached a record high last year.
Money Box Live: Dementia and Money
What are the financial considerations for people living with dementia?
Bereavement Support and Energy Vouchers
For the first time unmarried parents will be entitled to bereavement benefits.
Money Box Live: Your Mortgage
Our panel of experts answer your questions on mortgages and the housing market.
Debt Advice, Mortgage Costs and Savings
Hundreds of people at two of the largest debt advice providers are facing redundancy.
Money Box Live: How to get a pay rise
Tips on how to negotiate a higher salary.
Mobile Phone Fraud and Pay Rises
Money Box has been told banks are inconsistent in how they deal with mobile phone fraud.
Money Box Live: How to fill out your tax return
We answer your questions on Self Assessment tax returns as the deadline approaches.
Lasting Powers of Attorney and Tax Returns
The barriers facing people trying to set up lasting powers of attorney for their relatives
Money Box Live: Happiness and Money
How much money do you need to be happy?
Heating the homes of the future
Heating the homes of the future to bring energy bills down.
Money Box Christmas
Paul Lewis celebrates those helping others manage the rising cost of living
Money Box Live: Cost of Living and Charities
How is the rising cost of living impacting the charity sector?
Scottish Budget and Cold Weather Payments
All you need to know about the Scottish Budget.
Money Box Live: Bereavement Finances
Dealing with financial matters after death.
Where to keep warm this winter
The new network of places where you can keep warm for free.
Money Box Live: Christmas Spending
How are you managing your finances this festive period?
Loot Boxes, Pension Compensation and Bank Closures
An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games.
Money Box Live: Cohabitation
What are your financial rights if you're cohabiting?
Spray Foam, Fraud & Pay Gaps
The latest news from the world of personal finance.
Money Box Live: Your Spending Strategies
Can you reduce your personal inflation rate?
Autumn Statement Special
Your essential guide to the chancellor's Autumn Statement.
Money Box Live: Fighting Fraud and Scams
Is the UK losing the fight against fraud? We hear from experts and victims.
Stolen inheritance, Fraud and Pets
A new report recommends sweeping reform in the way fraud is dealt with.
Money Box Live: Renting
What is the cost of renting?
Landlords, Heat Networks and Happiness
The buy-to-let landlords facing selling up as interest rates rise.
Money Box Live: Your Pension
How to find lost pensions.
Broadband and the costs of being disabled
Regulator calls for broadband providers to 'think carefully' about increasing prices.
Money Box Live: Your spending habits
How easy is it to change your spending habits?
Energy Saving Special
Tips on how you can save money on your energy bills.
Money Box Live: Your tax and your money
What do changes to tax mean for freelancers?
A whirlwind week: tax, pensions, savings and mortgages
A new chancellor and higher taxes for business but what does it mean for personal finance?
Money Box Live: Kids and the cost of living
How do you talk to kids about the cost of living crisis? We answer your questions.
Northern Ireland energy and the cost of living
How do you tell children about the cost of living crisis?
Money Box Live: Dealing with Debt
A panel of experts answer your questions on debt.
Energy special: Llandudno live
As energy bills rise, we're heading to north Wales for a cost of living special.
Money Box Live: Mortgage Special
What do changes to the housing market mean for you?
A not-so 'mini budget'
Paul Lewis has full details of what the mini budget will mean for your finances.
Money Box Live: The Future of Cash
What might a cashless world look like? A live panel of experts assess the pros and cons.
How Much Should It Cost To Get Out Of Debt?
As the government begins a sector review, Money Box explores personal insolvency options.
Energy Bills, Banknotes and Coins
What does the death of Queen Elizabeth II mean for our coins and banknotes?
Money Box Live: Making savings work for you
A panel of experts answer your savings questions.
Rent cap consultation for social housing tenants
Consultation on capping rent rises for social housing tenants.
Money Box Live: Your energy bill questions answered
A panel of experts answer calls on the cost of energy.
Energy bill special: Q&A
Your questions answered on the rising cost of energy.
Interest Free Loan Scheme to help 20,000 people
UK wide expansion of a no interest loans scheme run by credit unions.
Food Poverty
An expert panel look at what support is out there for food poverty and holiday hunger.
Food banks warn they are struggling to meet demand
Research into 203 food banks found many are receiving fewer food donations.
Gender Identity and Finance
Felicity Hannah and a panel of experts talk money when you are transgender or non-binary.
Energy costs versus incomes
How will families on low incomes be impacted by rising energy prices next year?
Holidays
Felicity Hannah and a panel of experts answer your questions on holidays and travel.
How changes at the top of government could affect your money
What the new conservative leadership race might mean for your personal finances.
The Cost of Cancer
Ruth Alexander and a panel of experts discuss the financial costs of cancer
What do National Insurance changes mean for you?
How will changes to National Insurance affect you?
Fraud
Felicity Hannah and a panel of experts chat about the latest fraud figures
Energy firm introduces late payment charges
Scottish Power has joined other energy suppliers by introducing late payments fees.
Self Publishing
Felicity Hannah and a panel of experts chat about self publishing.
Single Parents
Adam Shaw and a panel of experts discuss the cost of living for single parents.
Energy costs: your questions answered
As price predictions for the cost of energy rise, we answer your questions.
The costs of being disabled
Adam Shaw and Emma Tracey discuss the cost of living for disabled people.
Cost of Living Special
In this special programme Money Box looks at the reality of rising prices.
Changing your money mindset
Ruth Alexander and a panel of experts talk changing your attitude towards money.
What help can pensioners get with their rising fuel bills?
More on the government's £15 billion package to help households pay their fuel bills.
Let’s Get Physical
The 'cost' of getting active with Adam Shaw and guests.
How new rules might affect your energy bills
Ofgem on plans it says will make sure fewer energy companies go out of business.
Student Finance
Charmaine Cozier puts your questions on student money to an expert panel.
The people using pawnbrokers to pay for food and fuel
New report suggests people on low incomes are pawning goods to pay for food and fuel.
Working with Long Covid
Seb Choudhury chats to a panel of experts about working, and not working, with Long Covid.
How to apply for help paying your energy bills
What help is there for the estimated 6.5 million households living in fuel poverty?
Growing Your Own
Could growing your own food be a solution to rising living costs?
Government changes guidance on energy bill support payment
Government changes guidance on energy bill support payment.
The Cost of IVF
Felicity Hannah and a panel of experts discuss the cost of IVF treatment.
Ukrainian refugees struggling to open UK bank accounts
British Red Cross says urgent steps needed to allow refugees to open bank accounts faster.
Saving Money but not on Chocolate
As livings costs rise Felicity Hannah & guests ask how we can make our money go further.
Small Businesses and Scams
Louise Cooper and a panel of experts discuss scams targeting small businesses.
"A special place in hell for crypto fraudsters"
Fighting crypto fraud, £30,000 council tax arrears and Working From Home allowance.
06/04/2022
How are you coping with rising energy bills? An expert panel is on hand to advise.
How to get £150 for your fuel bill
£150 for your fuel bill, Scottish Widows problems, divorce changes and unclaimed benefits.
Young People and Money Anxiety
Getting to grips with your money worries.
Inflation and the cost of living crisis
Inflation, tax, National Insurance changes, refunding fraud, funeral plan collapse.
Spring Statement 2022
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, gives an update on the economy. What will it mean for you?
Cryptocurrency scammers steal a man's house
Crypto scammers, changes to Warm Home Discount & the government's new fuel poverty chair.
Russia and Pensions
Is your money invested in Russia? How to find out and get out.
Boosting your benefits and new online shopping checks
Ensuring you get the benefits you deserve, new online fraud protection, and petrol prices.
Renting lowdown
Record rent rates and rising bills. Advice for renters from an expert panel.
New moves to fight fraudsters faking phone caller IDs
Combating crooks faking phone caller IDs, student loan repayments, and challenging HMRC.
How to stop investing in Russia
Disinvesting in Russia, funeral plan concerns, energy standing charges and an £8,000 bill.
Surviving Debt
Felicity Hannah hears tips on surviving debt from an expert panel of guests.
Money Box is now first on BBC Sounds
New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps
My job was not ‘as advertised’
Charmaine Cozier and guests explore the pitfalls and tips on how to get a job
Saving face-to-face debt advice
Face-to-face debt advice, online subscription frauds & no price cap for home heating oil.
The Cost of Dating
Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the cost of dating.
Tracing lost and forgotten financial assets
Louise Cooper and guests explore how you trace lost and forgotten financial assets.
Cost of living squeeze for benefits and state pension
Extra cost of living squeeze for people on state pension and benefits.
Energy Cap Lowdown
Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the Energy Cap measures and their impact.
Energy, employee rights and mortgages
Your questions on the energy price cap answered.
Foster Carer Finances
Felicity Hannah and guests discuss foster carer finances.
Heir Hunters
The difference between real heir hunters and scammers.
Energy Prices
Charmaine Cozier, listeners and experts discuss the impact of rising energy prices.
NFTs
Felicity Hannah looks at the financial world of NFTs, non-fungible tokens.
Fraud and energy
Police investigation into £4m fraud described as “woeful”.
Being a Guarantor
Felicity Hannah, listeners and a panel of experts discuss being a guarantor.
Energy bills
How to manage debt problems with energy suppliers.
Care Leaver Finances
What support and money is available for young people leaving care?
Pensions for teenagers?
Automatic pensions on the way for 18-21 year olds?
Consumer Rights
What are your consumer rights in the post-Christmas period? Adam Shaw and guests discuss.
How to Make Money from Unwanted Presents and Belongings
Felicity Hannah and guests discuss how to make money from unwanted presents and belongings
Relationships and Money
Felicity Hannah, listeners and panelists discuss how we manage money in our relationships.
What can you do if two suppliers bill you for the same energy use?
Two energy suppliers demand payment for the same gas usage.
Pioneer Zopa exits peer-to-peer lending
The world's first peer-to-peer lender Zopa is quitting the sector.
The Cost of DIY & Home Improvements
Adam Shaw, experts and callers discuss the cost of DIY and home improvements.
'I had £18,000 stolen after my drink was spiked'
A 26-year-old believes his drink was spiked before £18,000 was stolen from bank accounts.
Financial Abuse
Personal stories of facing up to and recovering from financial abuse.
Money Box wins back £145,000 for a vulnerable customer after his bank said no
Money Box helps a vulnerable victim of authorised push payment fraud get back £145,000.
Running an Online Business
Small business owners share their stories and tips about setting up online.
Problems with eco-homes and equity release
Borrowing against your eco-home, universal credit woes, crooks stealing one-time passcodes
The Cost of Inventing
The costs and challenges of independent inventing.
Voucher fraud - how employers' social media can put staff at risk
Voucher scams, how age gaps hit pensions and why a side hustle might freeze your finances
Support for families
Where can families find financial help and practical support?
How much should the state pension rise by?
State pension rise, N Ireland energy prices & your card details for sale on the open web.
Autumn Budget 2021
Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions about the Autumn 2021 Budget.
New green savings bonds
Green Savings Bonds, warm home discount, student loan overpayments and women's pensions.
Turning our money green
Can your mortgage, pension or investment be good for the planet?
The future of face-to-face debt advice
Face-to-face debt advice, child trust funds and the former head of Ofgem
Spending Black
The projects helping black entrepreneurs to achieve business success.
Small businesses 'overlooked' in energy crisis
Small businesses struggling to survive increase in un-capped energy costs.
Energy Prices
Listeners' questions about energy prices and your rights when suppliers stop trading.
Proposed changes to student loan repayments
What lowering the salary you start paying back a student loan could mean for your finances
End of Furlough
What will the end of furlough mean for your job or business? e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk
Keeping energy bills in check
As prices soar, what more can be done to keep energy bills in check?
Saving for Children
The Money Box Live panel answer listeners' questions about investing for children.
Big growth in money mules accounts
Money Mules, energy prices and credit scores for 18-year-olds.
Sending money to family back home
Joice Etutu speaks to the workers sending their wages abroad to support loved ones.
Failures on young black unemployment
Government failure on young black unemployment rate during pandemic.
Student Money
Tips and advice about student loans, tuition fees, bursaries and bank accounts.
Bitcoin fraud totalling £500k
Bitcoin fraud that cost businessman £500,000.
The Hangover: The Fiscal Fallout
Felicity Hannah chairs a discussion asking what will Covid cost the nation’s economy
The Hangover: Local Councils
Felicity Hannah asks who are financial winners and the losers of the pandemic?
The Hangover: Business
Felicity Hannah asks who are financial winners and the losers of the pandemic?
The Hangover: Households
Felicity Hannah asks who are the financial winners and losers of the Covid pandemic
Timeshare Holiday Ownership
Listeners' timeshare experiences, advice and questions with Louise Cooper.
Access to accounts
The customers taking legal action to get access to their cash.
Disability and Employment
Career support and job hunting when you have a disability.
Frozen Out
Thousands of people say they’ve been shut out of their bank accounts without explanation.
MBL: Travel Rights and Money
Summer holiday travel rights, insurance and money advice.
Bereavement benefits
Bereaved families can now claim financial support once restricted to married couples.
MBL: Single Parents
Making ends meet when you become a single parent. With Felicity Hannah and guests.
'For your protection'
When banks stop you spending your own money.
Young entrepreneurs
How to turn business ideas into reality.
Google’s investment ad crackdown
Google is cracking down on financial-scam adverts in the UK, but will it work?
Community Energy Projects
How can community groups deliver low cost renewable energy?
Left behind by the decline of cash
Should the government force banks to guarantee everyone has access to cash?
MBL: Covid weddings
If Covid disrupts your wedding or civil partnership, what are your refund rights?
The race to avoid stamp duty
Thousands of home buyers are caught in a backlog as they race to avoid stamp duty.
MBL: Trading in stocks and shares
Growing numbers trading on the stockmarket - how habits have changed during lockdown.
Bitcoin or Britcoin?
Bank of England ponders issuing its own digital currency.
MBL: Hospitality staff shortage
Why are hospitality jobs proving so hard to fill?
DWP urged to rethink the two child Universal Credit cap
Children’s Commissioners for Wales, Scotland and NI want the UC child policy scrapped
How to complain and get results
Adam Shaw, guests and listeners discuss the art of complaining effectively.
Continuing problems applying for National Insurance Numbers
One man's struggle to get an NI number, NS+I problems, Insurance changes and Amigo update
Apprenticeships
Can an apprenticeship boost your career prospects or your workplace?
MBL: Financing Electric Vehicles
Adam Shaw and guests discuss the financing of electric vehicles.
FCA to force firms to treat customers better
The FCA plans for consumer duty, Pockit CEO exclusive interview and TikTok finance lessons
MBL: Mortgages & the Pandemic
Experts discuss buying a home during the pandemic
Difficulties claiming Personal Independence Payment benefit
PIP assessments, pension sharing, Prudential woes and people receiving no state pension
MBL: The Cost of Pets
Felicity Hannah asks just how much are we spending on our pets.
Is new guidance on selling high rise flats fit for purpose?
Problems for flat owners, cheap broadband, two factor authentication and auto-enrolment.
MBL: Personal Banking and the Pandemic
Has the Covid-19 pandemic changed our relationship with our banks?
How does the Direct Debit Guarantee Scheme work?
Direct Debit Guarantee Scheme, Provident scheme of arrangement and storing cryptocurrency.
Dementia & Money
Adam Shaw looks at dementia and money.
Can number spoofing be stopped?
The regulator Ofcom tells us people shouldn’t trust Caller ID.
Problem Gambling
Stories and experiences of gambling addiction and recovery.
MPs demand action on IR35
Report into loan charge scandal, banks failing fraud victims and GPs to offer debt help.
Remote Working
How remote can remote working be and what are the implications for you and your business?
Why is the state pension so complicated?
Why do state pension amounts vary, Pockit complaints, escrow services and expat woes.
Divorce and separation during the pandemic
What happens to the finances when couples separate?
What might negative interest rates mean for UK banking services?
Women's finances hit by Covid, negative interest rates and the psychology of spending.
Number spoofing facilitating fraud
Fraudsters spoofing numbers, clampdown on car parking operators and Amigo loans update.
Debt during the pandemic
How are people coping with debt in the pandemic?
Homeowners speak out on gagging clauses
We hear from owners of defective new homes who were told to keep quiet.
Shopping and Covid
Has Covid changed the way we shop?
Owners of defective new homes gagged
House-builders are using non-disclosure agreements as a condition of fixing faults.
The rise of trading apps
Have you invested money using a trading app?
Economic abuse law changes
Economic abuse law change, pension underpayment, excluded self-employed and bank lotteries
How might the Budget affect you?
A look at how the Budget might affect your finances.
Carers call for increase in allowance
Carer's allowance, waiting time woes continue for fraud victims and pension delays.
Managing someone else's money
Are you thinking about letting someone else manage your money?
Delays on bank's fraud line
Long delays on bank fraud lines, new costs on online goods and renting empty student rooms
Renting during the pandemic
How has the coronavirus pandemic changed renting?
Credit ratings
Credit rating mistakes, bereavement benefit delays and refund rights on sale items.
MBL: Working abroad
Can you work from home, but from overseas?
Caravaners denied refunds on fees
Caravanners denied refunds on fees, energy price cap rise, more PPI woes and debt worries.
Financial Abuse
How do you protect yourself or a loved one against financial abuse?
MBL: Fraud
How to keep your money safe from financial fraud and scams.
Self-employment income support scheme discrimination claims
Mothers go to court claiming discrimination in the self-employed income support scheme.
Travel
Your travel questions and experiences with Adam Shaw and guests.
Students left without access to student finance
‘Alternative’ student finance, pension transfers, rejected UC claims and SEISS mrk 4.
MBL: Leasehold Reform
Could you benefit from the new plans for leasehold reform?
Getting your credit balance back from your energy supplier
Credit energy balances, HMRC's Head of Fraud, lockdown MOTs and cost of insurance claims.
MBL: Cryptocurrencies
Should you be tempted by cryptocurrencies?
Brexit and your money
Now that the UK has left the European Union how will our finances change?
Financial Education
How do you teach children and teens about money?
A vision of our financial future
A futurologist's view of our financial future.
MBL: Charity fundraising
Your stories about charity fundraising, ideas and innovation in 2020.
Regulator "flawed approach" to minibond firm
Damning report into regulator's handling of London Capital and Finance scandal.
Rise in complaints about banks to Ombudsman
New figures show complaints to the Ombudsman about banks have gone up by a third.
MBL: Shared Ownership
If you can’t afford to buy a home outright, is shared ownership a good option for you?
Fraud victims facing salary deductions
Universal Credit advance fraud, business insurance woes and NS&I glitches.
Payment Holidays
Should I take a break from paying my mortgage, loan or credit card?
Fraud in the Direct Debit system
Fraud in the Direct Debit system plus hard-up families priced out of rentals.
MBL: What does the Spending Review mean for you?
Paul Lewis and guests dissect the Chancellor's plans and how they will affect your money.
Parents not able to claim Test and Trace Support Payment
Parents or carers of children told to self-isolate can't claim the £500 support payment
MBL: Record redundancies
Charmaine Cozier and our panel answer your redundancy questions.
Warm Home Discount 'lottery'
Covid-19 demand means receiving Warm Home Discount is like a lottery.
MBL: The "excluded" self-employed
Adam Shaw hears from self-employed people who've been unable to get government support.
Refused a home Covid test
People are being refused home Covid tests because of their credit history.
MBL: Can I afford a baby?
Felicity Hannah and our panel answer questions on all things baby and finance related.
The end of furlough
Redundancy rights as furlough finishes. Plus gym memberships and charity bank accounts.
MBL: Lockdown Entrepreneurs Revisited
Louise Cooper catches up with young people who started a business during lockdown.
Tier 3: The last shift
As Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions expand, we look at the support in place for workers.
Looking for work
Are you a school leaver or graduate looking for work? Advice from a panel of experts.
Why can't I get an NI number?
Issues with National Insurance numbers, negative interest rates and life insurance payouts
MBL: Mortgages for first time buyers
Adam Shaw and a panel of guests answer calls from would-be first-time buyers.
Airbnb agrees to share tax data with HMRC
Airbnb share tax data with HMRC, more mini-bond trouble and the collision repair loophole.
MBL: Eviction Bans
Are you facing eviction from your home?
City's plan to end poverty in 10 years
Phone subscription services, Edinburgh's plans to end poverty and Sharia investment funds.
MBL: Personal Insurance
How do you get good value insurance cover? e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk
Are car warranties worth it?
Motor warranties, new Job Support Scheme and time to ban no-pay work trials?
MBL: Armed Forces Financial Help
Financial help and guidance for serving and former members of the Armed Forces.
Ex-pat bank accounts closed due to Brexit
Bank account closures, FCA reviews 'buy now, pay later', and rent eviction ban to end.
MBL: Paying for University
Your questions, tips and advice about university costs, loans and student money.
Concern over increase in unpaid internships
Calls for a crackdown on an increasing number of unpaid internships being offered by firms
MBL: Working From Home
Swapped the office for the kitchen table because of Covid-19? Tell us your experiences.
The 'lost' Child Trust Funds
A third of Child Trust Funds are considered 'lost'. How do you find them again?
The Money Clinic: Hollie and Jay
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings
The Money Clinic: Maggie and Declan
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings
The Money Clinic: Poppy and Cliff
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings
The Money Clinic: Eve and Nick
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a relationship counsellor about their personal finances
Coronavirus and holidays
If your holiday plans are affected by coronavirus, what are your rights?
'We know apprenticeships work'
Do apprenticeships work? Plus over-75's TV licences and debt collection.
Scams
Fake emails, bogus calls - How to spot a scam and stop fraudsters stealing your cash?
'Forced' back to work with no childcare
Back at work with no childcare, customers 'stuck' with their cars and a fraud in progress.
MBL: Coronavirus and Universal Credit
If you're claiming benefits for the first time, due to the pandemic, what's it like?
Massive increase predicted in need for debt advice
An estimated 8m people will need debt advice due to coronavirus.
MBL: Coronavirus and Childcare
How are you managing the costs of childcare during the pandemic?
How much of the Chancellor’s giveaway will come your way?
The chancellor’s £30 billion giveaway, flight changes and mistakes with furlough payments.
MBL: Coronavirus: Should I go to university this year?
Online lectures yet full tuition fees: Will the university experience be worth the money?
Children duped by 'loot boxes'
Loot box games aimed at children with odds of 0.01% of winning the jackpot prize
Bounce Back Loans
The government-backed loans designed to give small firms quick and easy access to cash.
Paying to access your holiday refund
People whose holidays have been cancelled forced to pay to get their own money back.
MBL: Redundancy
If you're facing redundancy, what are your rights? And how much pay should you get?
Thieves stole my identity
The devastating effect of having your identity stolen by criminals.
MBL: Broadband during lockdown
What’s the best way to get fast, reliable and affordable broadband during lockdown?
Motor insurance in lockdown
Most people are continuing to pay the same for car insurance despite driving less.
MBL: How to make your money grow
With savings rates low and stock markets volatile how do you get a return on your money?
NHS re-joiners targeted by promoters of tax avoidance schemes
'Unscrupulous' umbrella companies promoting schemes to reduce tax to key workers.
MBL: Single Parents
Single parents talk about the financial challenges they face due to coronavirus.
Self-employed grant extended
SEISS, credit card gambling ban loophole and student maintenance loans.
MBL: Furlough problems
Paul Lewis looks at the issues employees and employers are having with the furlough scheme
Festival goers refund woes
Festival goers refund woe, credit scores, pensioners losing out and mortgage holiday costs
Finding a mortgage during Coronavirus
Finding a mortgage or re-mortgage during Coronavirus.
Furlough scheme abuse
What to do if your employer is abusing the furlough scheme.
MBL: Starting a business during lockdown
Lots of people are starting a business from home during lockdown. How do you do it?
Can I get a mortgage on furlough?
'Can I get a mortgage on 80% of my salary?' House buying during pandemic.
Young workers affected by coronavirus
What challenges do graduates and young workers face due to coronavirus?
Furlough problems and obtaining cash refunds
Furloughed employees asked to work, getting cash refunds and help for problem gamblers.
MBL: Coronavirus and claiming benefits
Claiming benefits due to coronavirus.
Umbrella companies and the contractors “left in limbo”
Contractors call for coronavirus payment clarity, savings rates and accessing cash.
Car Finance
How does car finance work?
Coping with debt and accessing credit
How do you pay your bills and access credit in these difficult times? Adam Shaw finds out.
Wage support changes and debt help
What the coronavirus furlough scheme date change means for you.
Student Finance
How are student finances being affected by coronavirus? Louise Cooper finds out.
Coping with ‘income shock’
How to manage the financial impact of coronavirus.
Tenants and landlords rights
How do government rules protect tenants and landlords affected by coronavirus?
New starters and the furloughed worker scheme
New starters, employers and experts discuss the government's furloughed worker scheme.
Coronavirus: Your travel queries answered
Coronavirus: What are your travel and holiday rights?
Covid19 - Will insurance cover it?
Weddings cancelled, holidays in ruins, properties empty will insurance pay out?
Assistance for the self-employed
What do the latest help measures mean for the self-employed?
Help for small businesses and the self employed
What help might be available for you and your business?
The Coronavirus Effect
Fraud and coronavirus, what’s happening to wages and investments
MBL: Travel and coronavirus
How will coronavirus affect your travel plans?
Corona Virus - the financial fallout
Making sense of the financial fallout from Corona Virus.
MBL: The Budget Special
How will the Budget affect your personal finances?
TikTok - time for change?
The 9 year old who gifted £2,500 to TikTok influencers.
MBL - The future of giving
Cashless society, crowd funding and the end of chequebooks, where now for charities?
New hope for leaseholders
Leasehold homeowners 'misled' by developers according to Competition and Markets Authority
Discrimination and housing benefit
How easy is it to rent when on benefits? Are blanket bans on claimants legal?
Savings - are they drowning not waving?
Savings rates sink, charged to keep your email address and tax changes for contractors.
MBL: In-game purchases
Unexpected bills from video games and apps? Louise Cooper finds out what your rights are.
Bereavement Support Payment
Should the unwed lose out on a benefit paid to married people?
MBL: Getting the best broadband deals
How do you get the best broadband deals? Louise Cooper finds out.
Leap in Under 30s taken to court for debts
Young adults taken to court for debts rises by 30%, the bankless town, and online dating
MBL: Dream weddings on tight budgets
How to afford a dream wedding on a tight budget? Charmaine Cozier and guests find out.
Brexit and benefits
What does Brexit mean if you receive UK benefits but live on the continent?
MBL: Your rights when a dream holiday becomes a nightmare experience
What are your consumer rights when holidays get cancelled or go wrong? Paul Lewis explores
Concern over quick sale estate agents
Trading Standards warns over quick sale estate agents
MBL: How to make the gig economy work for you
Working in the gig economy: good or bad? Adam Shaw finds out.
Should students pay council tax?
The students told to pay council tax, even though they are exempt under the law.
MBL: How to buy a property without help from mum and dad
Felicity Hannah and guests talk about how you can buy a property without financial help.
Travelex customers face continued chaos
Travelex systems remain suspended, rent arrears, Universal Credit, and leasehold reform.
MBL: How to make money from social media
Money and social media influencers with Louise Cooper
The history of financial mistakes
How to stop making mistakes with money
The Money Clinic revisited
Ruth Alexander revisits two households who took part in The Money Clinic last summer.
The gift of money
The best way to give money to children at Christmas.
Money Box Live: Communal Living
Your own home but pooled amenities. What are the financial benefits of a shared lifestyle?
The battle for buying your freehold at a fair price
The David v Goliath legal fight for the right to buy your freehold at a fair price.
Money Box Live: How to find the right car finance
If you're borrowing money to buy a car, how well do you understand the small print?
Christmas Debt
Overspent at Christmas: the lasting burden of debt.
Money Box Live: Fostering
How much financial support is available for foster carers looking after children in need?
Money Box election 2019 special
Money Box takes a personal finance look at the manifesto pledges of the four main parties.
Money Box Live: Bailiffs
What are your rights and responsibilities if bailiffs come knocking on your door?
The best way to tip
As more bars and restaurants go cashless....what's the best way to tip the staff?
Money Box Live: Collectables
Whether vintage watches, Hello Kitty or even tractors, how to make cash from collecting?
Starting young to save for retirement
Can an 18 year old be persuaded to start a pension?
Money Box Live: Leaving School at Sixteen
Swapping the classroom for other pursuits, how to make your choices and sort your finances
Hotel room investors face losing 'life changing' sums
Hotels go bust leaving hundreds of investors unsure if they will get any money back.
Money Box Live: How To Retire Young
How realistic is it to save your income and budget so much you can retire at under forty?
Opposite-sex civil partnerships become law
What do new opposite-sex civil partnerships mean for your financial health?
Money Box Live: Mental Health & Money
Depression and debt, anxiety and overdrafts, we look at how to cope
What's next for QuickQuid borrowers?
Payday lender lender QuickQuid enters administration. Where does that leave its customers?
The Personal Finance of Comedy
How to maximize money from mirth.
How to give yourself a pay rise
The coming of the self-sanctioned pay increase?
Credit scores
Tips on how to make sure you have a health credit rating.
'Herders' and 'olders'
How teenagers are being recruited by criminals to help launder money.
Can my money help fight climate change?
Can I get a good return on investments that do good?
Credit at 18 - getting the right deal for you
Credit card options for young adults.
Fundraising for schools
How to make your fundraising go further.
Struggling with insolvency
Why does Stoke-on-Trent have the highest rate of personal insolvency in England and Wales?
Student Finance
How do student loans work, when do you start repaying and what happens when it goes wrong?
Thousands of students forced to pay back overpayments
Millions of pounds taken back by Student Loan Company for overpayments.
How do I start investing?
Have you been thinking about investing but have been put off by the jargon or fees?
How digital payments are changing the way we donate
The Big Issue sellers now taking contactless payments.
How do you ask for a pay rise?
Whether you're freelance or work for a big company, talking about your worth can be hard.
Former Extra Energy customer shocked at new £4,000 bill
Why are some Extra Energy customers receiving bills ten months after the firm collapsed?
Entrepreneurial mothers
Have you changed career after becoming a parent? What are the challenges and rewards?
Why have mortgage approvals hit a two year high?
Tips for first time buyers desperate to save a deposit.
The Money Clinic: Julie and Paul
In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money.
The Money Clinic: Fay and Ben
In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money
The Money Clinic: Fiona and James
In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money
The Money Clinic: Poppy and Cliff
In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money
The Costs of Being Disabled
Being disabled can cost you around £1,000 a month. How do these costs add up?
Credit nightmares for young people
Financial invisibility, dementia fraud by direct debit and the PPI claim deadline is nigh.
Renting and Letting
Adam Shaw and guests take a look at changing property rental rules.
The challenge of charging an electric car
Navigating the electric car charging network.
School holiday costs
How do you manage the cost of school holiday food, fun and childcare on a budget?
Fighting bank fraud branch by branch
TSB awareness workshops aim to keep criminals away from bank accounts
Electric Cars
What are the costs and considerations of running an electric car?
Unfair delivery charges in Scotland
Over the bridge to Skye: time to say goodbye to unfair delivery charges?
Money Box Live: Power of Attorney
Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions about power of attorney.
Taking a 'butchers' at contract small print
A nasty surprise for a butcher who failed to read the loan small print.
Money Box Live: Cryptocurrencies
The risks and rewards of digital currencies, with Louise Cooper.
Complaints about car loans
In 2018 we borrowed £46 billion to buy cars - how well is our ability to repay assessed?
Childcare Costs
How to find affordable childcare for under 5’s and what financial help is available?
Pension credits and the TV licence
Changes to free over-75s BBC TV licence.
Rent and Return
Whether clothes or toys, the rising popularity of renting things instead of owning them
Bridging the 'advice gap'
How to make financial advice more appealing (and accessible) to those who need it
Credit Unions
How can credit unions prosper in a digital banking world?
Ban on lettings fees begins
Lettings fees now banned in England.
The Cost of Music
The cost of streaming music: how do services differ for listeners and musicians?
Call for online 'credit curfews'
Researchers say a ban on online borrowing between 11pm and 7am could protect consumers
Crowdfunding
The rules, risks and potential rewards of crowdfunding.
Not my debt!
What can you do if you're pursued for a debt that isn't yours?
Returning to work
Restarting a career after a long-term employment break.
Rent - your flexible friend
The housing association allowing residents to underpay and overpay their rent.
Saving for the under 35s
The latest news from the world of personal finance.
The last free cashpoint in town
The effect on communities of cash machines that charge.
Ethical Investing
Can you get a decent return on your cash while also doing good for society and the planet?
The difficulties of renting on benefits
'No benefit' rental clauses - should they be banned?
Energy: Going Green
How can households help save the planet whilst keeping energy bills affordable?
The psychology of fraud
Why do we fall for fraudsters?
The Costs of Being Single
Nearly eight million people live alone in the UK. What are the financial challenges?
Regulator warning for general insurance companies
Financial regulator the FCA warns general insurance firms over customer treatment.
The future of saving into a pension at work
Are you saving into a pension at work? Has this happened via auto-enrolment?
Are fraudsters getting away too easily?
Police watchdog report highlights inconsistencies in dealing with fraud victims.
The costs of winding up someone's affairs after they die
Have you had to cope with sorting out a loved one's financial affairs after they die?
London Capital & Finance. The report.
Administrator's report finds 'highly suspicious transactions.'
Making Tax Digital
A big shake-up to the UK's tax system starts on 1 April. Join Louise Cooper and guests.
Smart meter only energy tariffs
Some of the cheapest energy tariffs are only available if you agree to have a smart meter.
First-time buyers
The number of first-time buyers is up, says chancellor Philip Hammond. Will it continue?
Investment ISAs
ISAs will be 20 next month. Have they changed the way we save?
Spring Statement 2019
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, gives a an update on the health of the UK economy.
London Capital & Finance plc updates
The marketing of the failed mini-bonds examined and the administrator updates investors.
Leaving Care
What are the financial challenges facing teenagers leaving local authority care?
The loan charge : Mel Stride interview
Treasury minister Mel Stride on the government's attempts to clamp down on tax tricks.
Late Payments
If you are a small business, what happens when clients pay late or do not pay at all?
Contractors face loan charge choice
Tax dilemma for contractor loan scheme users. Debt after death and pension scams.
Banks want to delay fraud prevention name check
Confirmation of payee name checks may not happen until 2020.
Open Banking one year on
Open Banking promised to revolutionise your personal finances. Has it?
Ofgem raises energy cap
Regulator Ofgem raises the energy cap.
Universal Basic Income - Can it work?
A state income for all might be great in principal, but can it ever work in practice?
Mini-bond firm calls in administrators
The cash of 14,000 investors at risk as London Capital & Finance Plc enters administration
The cost of car insurance
The UK has some of the highest motor insurance premiums in Europe - why?
What makes an investment too good to be true?
What warning signs should make you wary about an investment?
Parking fines - the good, the bad and the ugly
The number of parking tickets issued is on the increase. What can be done to curb it?
Benefit rule changes for pensioners with younger partners
From May, pensioners with younger partners can't make new pension credit claims
Financial Resolutions
What is the one financial resolution you should keep in 2019?
Rare victory for bank fraud victim
As two banks refund a customer defrauded of all her cash, will other victims benefit too?
Money Box Live: Small Claims Court
The effectiveness of the small claims court
The cost of a 'no-fault' accident
Why your car insurance increases even if a crash isn't your fault.
After the bankruptcy
At risk of losing the family home after her dad was made bankrupt... what happened next?
Perfect Pensions Storm
The Welsh steel workers who were persuaded by 'sharks' to give up their company pensions.
Jailed for failing to disclose the whereabouts of his clients' money
The founder of Universal Wealth Preservation is jailed. Plus an end to big overdraft fees.
Paws for thought. Just how much does it cost to keep a pet?
In the UK we spend almost £4.5 billion a year on domestic pets. Where does the money go?
Hidden costs and charges
What's being done about the 'hidden' costs of pensions, investments and savings?
Aegon admin delays trap £40,000 for nine months
The £40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months
UK funeral industry investigated for high prices
A probe is underway to see if people are being charged too much when they pay for funerals
Costs of assisted fertility
Would you consider spending tens of thousands of pounds on IVF to become a parent?
Outfox the Market: bill rise sparks switch
Customers complain after energy supplier Outfox the Market hikes direct debit payments
Financial services for the changing way we work
Are financial products adapting to the changing way we work?
Investing while Brexiting
How have this week's Brexit developments affected financial markets?
Money Box Live: Universal Credit
What is your experience of the biggest change ever made to the benefits system?
Free finance textbook for schools
Probate fees, auto-enrolment pensions, pension inequality and a free financial textbook
Money Box Live: Making Tax Digital
A big change to the UK's tax system starts next April, but are firms ready to comply?
Pulling the plug on subsidies for green cars
Do the finances of buying an electric or hybrid car still stack up?
Money Box Live: How to Avoid Inheritance Tax
What are the legal ways to reduce the inheritance tax due on your assets when you die?
Money Box Live: Energy Prices
How will Ofgem's planned energy price cap affect your gas and electricity bills?
Wages more volatile than expected
A study finds monthly earnings are more changeable than previously thought.
BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - Coffins Full of Car Keys
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Condoms Can Cost a Week’s Wages
Inflation can change your sex life – and pretty much everything else.
BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - Bracelets for Bullets
Why an Essex mum wanted her jewellery melted down and what it says about government debt
BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government
The surprising story of GDP and whether it's time to change how we measure our economy
Money Box Live: Electric Cars
What are the costs of driving an electric car?
Money Box Live: Pension transfers
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on defined benefit pension transfers.
Legal action planned over training costs
Graduates plan legal action over work training costs.
Money Box Live: Shared Ownership
How affordable is this scheme that allows you to buy part of your home and rent the rest?
TSB customers hit by 'SIM swappers'
How can you avoid SIM swap fraud happening to you?
Money Box Live: Understanding NHS Continuing Healthcare
When the NHS covers social care costs for free.
Money Box Live
The retirement cash dilemma: stash it or splash it?
Money Box Live: Zero-Hours Contracts
What are the pros and cons of working on a zero-hours contract?
Inheritance Planning Goes Wrong
Losing control of your savings when inheritance planning goes wrong.
Money Box Live: GDPR and What It Means For You
Demystifying the new rules on data protection.
Cost of Being Single, End of Mortgage Interest Support, Pension Transfer Letters
The cost of being single, the end of mortgage interest support & pension transfer letters.
Pension scheme members 'shamelessly bamboozled'
British steel pension members 'exploited' say MPs.
High-risk trading fraud warning
The FCA warns about binary options trading fraud.
Shaking the Magic Money Trees
How Britain created £435billion out of nowhere - and where the money went.
British Steel pension member - the worst decision of my life?
Concern over advice to British Steel pension scheme members.
Money Box Live: The Autumn Budget 2017
What impact will the Chancellor's speech have on your personal finances? With Paul Lewis.
Parents fear online problems will cost them childcare places
Parents say childcare scheme problem puts nursery places at risk.
Money Box Live: New technology and banking
Has the recent rapid digital innovation in banking helped or hindered you?
Money Box Live: Rent Controls
Rent controls are common across Europe - could they work in the UK?
Young driver foxed by the box
Black box technology promises cheaper insurance for 'good' drivers - but does it deliver?
Money Box Live: Tax then and now
Tax then and now. How has tax changed since Money Box first broadcast in 1977?
Forty years of Money Box
Hear the very first Money Box programme from October 1977
Beware student loan overpayments
Beware student loan overpayments, the business of doorstep loans, and investment clarity.
The Retreat of Employers
Occupational pensions - the origins and the future of employer involvement.
Will the State Pay for Our Retirement?
Can the state support a long and prosperous retirement for all?
Money Box Live: Buy to Let
Louise Cooper hears listeners' experiences of being a buy-to-let landlord.
Flight compensation - where do the stranded stand?
British Airways compensation claims plus general election money manifestos.
Energy savings that disappear
Non-existent energy savings, inflation, digital currency and Lifetime ISA warnings.