Money Box
Episodes
Money Box Live: Energy Prices
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you haven't switched energy suppliers in recent years, what does the energy price cap mean for you? The regulator, Ofgem, has announced plans to pr...
Wages more volatile than expected
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A study by the Resolution Foundation thinktank has found that the vast majority of people experience significant monthly wage volatility at least twic...
Money Box Live: Electric Cars
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The future of motoring looks set to be increasingly electric with the Government committed to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040. That com...
Money Box Live: Pension transfers
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago pension freedoms were introduced, allowing millions of people to transfer out of their Defined Benefit schemes and cash in their savin...
Legal action planned over training costs
16 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Graduates who sign up to training programmes offered by some of Britain's biggest outsourcing companies are being hit with bills running into tens of ...
Money Box Live: Shared Ownership
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A government-backed scheme that allows you to buy part of your home and rent the rest. It's often advertised as a more affordable way for first-time b...
TSB customers hit by 'SIM swappers'
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can you avoid SIM swap fraud happening to you? TSB customers have contacted Money Box after their mobile phones were targeted by criminals. The fr...
Money Box Live: Understanding NHS Continuing Healthcare
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's a little known fact that if you or a relative has an ongoing health problem, the NHS will pay, not just for your treatment in hospital but could ...
Money Box Live
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Money Box Live listener Anne from Dorset got in touch to tell us she feels "practically paralysed" when it comes to making decisions about spending mo...
Money Box Live: Zero-Hours Contracts
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New figures show a rise in contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours. Whether you are a worker or an employer, how does this kind of a...
Inheritance Planning Goes Wrong
05 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to people who are worried that they've lost control of their life savings having handed it to a company they can no longer contact. Their sit...
Money Box Live: GDPR and What It Means For You
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On 25th May, sweeping new data protection rules come into force, changing the way individuals and businesses deal with personal data. The EU's General...
Cost of Being Single, End of Mortgage Interest Support, Pension Transfer Letters
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The cost of living alone, rather than living as a couple, is more than £1000 a year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. In...
Pension scheme members 'shamelessly bamboozled'
17 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week a report from the Work and Pensions Select Committee says British Steel pension scheme members were targeted by "vulture" financial advisers...
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...