Money Box
Episodes
High-risk trading fraud warning
03 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The FCA is warning about a form of online high-risk trading which some firms are illegally offering in the UK. Binary options trading involves betting...
Shaking the Magic Money Trees
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How Britain created £435billion out of nowhere - and where the money went.
British Steel pension member - the worst decision of my life?
16 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's concern that thousands of steelworkers and former steelworkers at Port Talbot may have been badly advised to withdraw funds and put them into ...
Money Box Live: The Autumn Budget 2017
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What are the government's plans for tax and spending and how will they affect your personal finances? As the Chancellor delivers his second budget of ...
Parents fear online problems will cost them childcare places
18 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Parents who use two government childcare schemes tell Money Box about a problem they fear is putting their children at risk of losing their nursery pl...
Money Box Live: New technology and banking
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
New technology is transforming the way we handle our finances. Are you someone who uses mobile apps to keep track of how you spend your money or does ...
Money Box Live: Rent Controls
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rent controls are common across Europe - but do they work? And could they work in the UK? It's a popular idea with voters but detractors say it could ...
Young driver foxed by the box
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Black Box technology is regularly touted as a way of reducing car insurance premiums. If the box shows your driving is safe then you qualify for refun...
Money Box Live: Tax then and now
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What was troubling the tax man back in 1977 when Money Box first broadcast? Chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue, Sir William Pile took the hot...
Forty years of Money Box
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In October 1977 Money Box made its first appearance on Radio 4. Hear presenters Louise Botting and Peter Hobday cover the big personal finance issues ...
Beware student loan overpayments
02 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
More than 90,000 graduates were refunded hundreds of pounds last year after HMRC took payments for their student loan even though they had paid it off...
The Retreat of Employers
12 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For many people, the workplace pension has been the crux of a decent income in retirement - a guaranteed sum paid for the whole of your non-working li...
Will the State Pay for Our Retirement?
05 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The current State Pension system - guarantees anyone with requisite NI contributions a pension of £150ish a week (in real terms. It is protected by t...
Money Box Live: Buy to Let
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Cooper would like to hear your views, experiences and questions about being a buy to let landlord. Call 03700 100 444 between 1pm and 3.30pm on...
Flight compensation - where do the stranded stand?
03 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Around 75,000 travellers were left facing long delays and cancellations after a British Airways computer system failed over the Bank Holiday weekend. ...
Energy savings that disappear
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The savings that energy companies promise customers are in many cases fictional and never will materialise. Those are the findings of a Money Box inve...