This is Money Podcast
Episodes
This is Money show - the lucky dip of price hikes, the big investing question it's easy to overlook, Lifetime Isas and alarming credit card debt
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The price of all sorts is going up this week - from stamps to council tax. This is Money's Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce play the lucky dip of p...
It was a historic moment — Britain is leaving the affordable goods market
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It was never about economics. But 52% or the 72% turnout voted for the UK to leave the European Union last June and now it’s official. Prime M...
We’ve seen the future – and it’s long, we’re poorer and there’s not a bank branch in sight
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One thousand years ago, life expectancy was about 30 years. In 30 years’ time, someone will be born who could live to 1,000. This causes a proble...
10 reasons our finances are in a mess (without even mentioning Brexit)
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What a mess we’re in. Without too much effort this week, we spotted 10 messes. It was made pretty easy with the fallout from Chancellor Philip Ha...
Was the whole Budget a joke? Simon Lambert dissects a Chancellor's kamikaze attack on small business
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It felt like there was something fishy going on during the Budget speech this week. Chancellor Philip Hammond peppered the few official announcement...
Is this the end of the bull run? A better explanation will be harder to find
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A speech this week from President Donald Trump sent the US stock market soaring to a record high. And where the US goes, the rest of the world follo...
Dumb business decisions - banks vs BA, Ferrari and football clubs
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of laughs this week as Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost take a sideways look at some of the week’s potty money stories. ...
The three events that could bring about financial misery for millions
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the Holy Trinity of money-geddon (to mess up a couple of Biblical metaphors). But this could be big. We’re less well off than in 2008, pri...
Madness, madness, they call it (housing) madness
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The property market is broken. Years of cheap money have allowed lenders to lend more and more to people earning less and less and we’re at crisi...
REVEALED: There is a way to save your money without losing out
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We haven’t left the world’s biggest trading block yet so measuring the success of Brexit is tricky. It hasn’t happened. There’s still no plan....
Auf wiedersehen, adieu, so long, au revoir to the banks
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We tried hard this week not to talk too much about Britain's exit from the European economic bedrock as it jumps headfirst into bed with Donald Trump’...
From Brexit plans to Trump, it's just got real - what does that mean for your money?
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week will go down in history for a couple of major events. A new US president being sworn in is always big news but that happens every four ye...
Will the FTSE keep rising? We've never had it so good, or have we?
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Investors have been cheered by a stunning start to 2017 for the FTSE 100, which racked up a record-breaking run of closing highs. But does that mean...
Fed up with bad news... listen to the optimism edition of the This is Money podcast
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The glass is half full and we’re on the hunt for a silver lining as we look forward to what's in store for our finances in 2017. We also cast a qu...
Economics, politics and Marmite – 2016 – an unusual year in focus
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The phenomenal successes of British athletes at the Rio Olympics were quickly forgotten in 2016 as a confusing, unpredictable mix of politics and econ...
The third annual supermarket Christmas dinner taste test and some economics
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It might be the only time in history that four five-course supermarket Christmas dinners are taste-tested on live radio over a discussion about the st...
What drives you mad. How mortgage lending works. The end of the world.
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s amazing isn’t it? We’re a service economy with a heavy reliance on financial services but when it comes to customer services and financial ...
How safe are your bank, your energy firm and your gig tickets?
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An energy firm collapsed this week, but even if you were one of GB Energy's customers you might not have even realised. If you've ever wondered where ...
What the Autumn Statement means for you
25 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The new Chancellor delivered his first Autumn Statement this week with the aim of distancing himself from his predecessor - but what will it mean for ...
Will Brexit Britain get an Autumn Statement giveway - and what's Trumpflation?
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After the Brexit vote rolled in, a tax giveaway and spending splurge was considered a nailed on certainty.Five months down the line, Britain's economy...
What will President Trump mean for you?
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Simpsons predicted it but did you? Donald Trump will be the next president of the US after his election win this week - something many thought wa...
Was the Bank of England wrong on Brexit? How to beat low rates and the robots after your job
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of England updated us on post-Brexit vote Britain this week and managed to admit it was wrong while telling us it was right. Simon Lambert, A...
Can you save enough for retirement? Heathrow vs house prices
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cleared for take-off? Heathrow is given the green light for a third runway, but what does it mean for the economy, residents, house prices and the fut...
It's time to stop meddling and making everything so complicated
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Enough already! Can’t everything just be simpler? ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’, said Leonardo da Vinci, whose basic thinking gave...
Love it or hate it - the pound is not as strong as we're used to
14 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The country appeared to take leave of its senses this week. As the pound continues to take a steady route south through the Channel tunnel down to the...
Artificial intelligence, illusions and algorithms - the new market forces
07 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the best money show on the radio. Of that we are in no doubt. What is in doubt, though, is what’s behind our ‘economic recovery’ and the ...
Germany leads the world... to financial Armageddon and other stories
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s our latest joyous look at the week’s events. Join Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce for money mirth with a few nervous laughs on t...
The economics of weddings, scones and packets of cereal
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a really fun show this week and a fantastic antidote to the Bake Off and Brangelina hysteria. For the initiated, two well-known Hollywood actor...
People on £5 notes and other financial injustices
16 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Now that cash machines hardly ever distribute five pound notes, the Bank of England decided it was time to issue a new, modern plastic one - to great ...
Young vs old, bank insults and cheap mortgages
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week the team from This is Money join Share Radio’s Georgie Frost for an entertaining look back at the week’s big stories from the disgusting...
Best bits from the This is Money podcast
02 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look back at some of the recent major financial events that have affected us all. It's been a bumpy ride and it's time to take stock. The t...
If it feels that good, it's probably a scam
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, as the country was feeling good about its record medal haul in the Rio Olympics, suddenly consumer confidence appeared to be looking health...
Why on earth is inheritance tax so complicated? This is Money podcast
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week This is Money editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce explain the peculiarities of inheritance tax - and then ask why on ...
Is there any point trying to make people switch bank? This is Money Show
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, it's just what we've all been waiting for - another report on the banks.This week, the CMA delivered its recommendations to shake up the current ...
Rate cuts: the losers and bankers of a failed system
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The whole financial system has failed us. Bankers not content with stealing £500bn in the financial crisis have just been handed billions more by the...
How to beat Santander 123 cut threat and negative rates
29 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a well-known fact that everyone who works for a bank is a sociopath and thief who doesn’t sleep at night, not because they have a conscience,...
Al-Arm bells ringing at the dawn of things
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
‘Exploited! Barmy Army!’ ‘Exploited! Barmy Army!’Come on? Who still remembers the early 80s war cry from post-punk nihilists, The Exploited?An...
What's the point of... Chancellors to estate agents?
15 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we meet Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones to talk about his guitar collection and... oh, sorry, that's not true.However we dress this up,...
Britain in gloom - This is Money podcast
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s started. You can’t decide to leave the world’s biggest trading block and not expect some serious financial consequences. Especially when th...
Over and out: our entertaining look at Brexit fallout
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the run up to the ‘greatest constitutional crisis of modern times’ it was said that no one knew what would happen if we voted ourselves out of ...
What will Brexit mean for your money and the UK economy?
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Britain has voted to leave the EU in a historic referendum but what will Brexit mean for your money?As the world digested the 52-48 Leave vote, Simon ...
Britain's business in the spotlight - for the wrong reasons
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Around the same time that once-loved High Street retailer BHS was tumbling into administration, the journalist Roberto Saviano, who spent more 10 year...
What's wrong with capitalism? This is Money podcast
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's not been a great week for big business? Sir Philip Green and the bosses at BHS have seen even greater criticism and Sports Direct's Mike Ashley w...
Death of the High Street: who needs shops anyway?
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Walk around town centres in Britain and what do you see?A few chain stores, a Poundland or two, betting shops, charity shops, lots of empty shops, Ama...
How to challenge a will and make loads of money
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show you’ve all been waiting for, broadcasting legend Georgie Frost, This is Money editor Simon Lambert and personal finance editor...
The dark art of banking and getting a mortgage
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Have banks been let off the hook again? That's been the reaction to the CMA report into retail banking. In this week's This is Money podcast with Shar...
On the dire economic warnings of an EU-out
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If Britain were to leave the EU, it MIGHT prove to be an economic disaster for us. The Bank of England governor Mark Carney, whose job it is to point ...
The housing crisis just got risky
06 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We’re not building enough homes – about 100,000 too few every year. It makes housing unaffordable. To ‘help’, Barclays bank has decided to ste...
The future of BHS and 12 financial lessons to teach youngsters
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The This is Money team along with Share Radio talk about BHS , and its future, what's happening in Brazil and 12 financial lessons you should teach an...
Has buy-to-let peaked - and what next for property?
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A buy-to-let boom in the run-up to the stamp duty hike for landlords and second homeowners triggered the biggest distortion of the market recorded, sa...
Property special: The last hurrah for buy-to-let?
22 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is dedicated to Prince. We were already planning a bit of a musical theme after a reader emailed This is Money to ask if she was entitled...
What is the problem with inheritance tax?
15 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
…everything to do with finance is beset with problems. From insurance companies that spew policy small print at terminally patients to avoid paying...
Will the new tax year mean a new you?
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tax is suddenly exciting news. For normal people, it’s the start of a new tax year with another dump of - some ill-conceived - changes from Chancell...
Are you ready for financial Judgment Day? This is Money podcast
01 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the way that worried nuclear bunker owners are probably stock-piling food as the reality of a President Trump dawns on them, so the Bank of England...
Hot, cross but entertaining economics - This is Money Show
24 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week might go down as the one Chancellor George Osborne got found out. It’s not the first time one of his Budgets turned into a fiasco, but thi...
Will the Budget be good for you? - This is Money Show
18 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tax cuts and the Lifetime Isa were the giveways in George Osborne's Budget, but will they help you?Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, of This is Money, join...
Just how – badly – will the Budget affect you?
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has earned a reputation for leaks, U-Turns and unworkable tweaks to our taxes. A captain of chaos, some might say. His...
A life changing edition - This is Money podcast
04 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Everything you thought you knew about life, the Isa and everything is wrong. Modern life is amazing; we’ve never had it so good. We have technology ...
How bad are our banks? - This is Money podcast
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Britain still holds a stake in two of its biggest banks, Lloyds and RBS, but how bad are they?We take a look at whether the banks' results, whether th...
The economics of Brexit - This is Money podcast
19 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What would Brexit mean for the UK economy?It is said Great Britain used to rule the world. Today we’re just a small part - albeit an important one -...
The blame game - This is Money podcast
12 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Share prices around the world this week have been falling like dominoes in a record-breaking dominoes falling over attempt. London loses 2% in a day, ...
Flop of the shops – This is Money podcast
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a couple of years since Tesco got found out. The store that thought it could get away with whatever it wanted because customers, it said, ...
HSBC answer machine message
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This message was left on a householder's voice mail - is it a genuine message from the bank or a scammer? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
The most fun tax & pensions special ever - This is Money Show
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After a seven-year investigation into Google’s UK tax affairs, the company agreed to pay £130m to us. Chancellor George Osborne hailed it a huge su...
The Bear Necessities – This is Money show
22 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Banks, the City, Wall Street, call them what you will – they use jargon to steal your money.It’s what caused the walloping financial crash in 2008...
Financial apocalypse, now - This is Money Show
15 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The four horsemen of apocalypse trotted into the money markets last week each brandishing a tool of financial destruction.Plummeting oil pricesGlobal ...
Unhappy New Year - This is Money Show
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
2016 is going well - but only if you live in Leicester. One week in, and the new year money news seems to be competing with the weather in terms of gl...
The famous Christmas dinner edition - This is Money show
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After last year's Christmas show went viral thanks to turkey ham, an improbable Christmas dinner product included in the taste test, the 2015 edition ...
The great savings scandal – This is Money Show
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not often that a watchdog not only watches but also bites. But that’s what the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has done to our shameful ban...
The no-brainer savings deal - This is Money Show
04 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the best financial product ever? From a saver's point of view the Help to Buy Isa may just be that.Much of the work at This is Money involves ...
Budget Day fallout - autumn style
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As shoppers plotted a course this week through the complicated array of bargains spewed into stores for Black Friday, the Chancellor was hatching a pl...
Banks on trial and 'convicted' - This is Money Show
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When banks brought down the global economy in 2007/08, Iceland jailed the bankers responsible.In Britain meanwhile, taxpayers gave our bankers getting...
Financial crisis: forgive and forget? - This is Money Show
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What happened in the financial crisis? Is it time to forgive the banks and move on? Do we need the City?Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus join G...
The great tax meltdown – This is Money Show
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has a duty to pay tax – it’s the investment that allows democracy and civilised society to function. But have you tried to contact the t...
The conman who claimed he was from TalkTalk
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Find out what happens when a scammer pretends to be from broadband provider TalkTalk and attempts to take over an unsuspecting customer's computer.And...
Fraud and fat fees - This is Money Show
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Fraud and overcharging special - This is Money ShowIf ever you needed proof that even the most unacceptable behaviour by financial and consumer 'servi...
The winter warmer edition - This is Money Show
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Holy Trinity of financial entertainment, This is Money editor Simon Lambert, personal finance editor Rachel Rickard Straus and Share Rad...
Bad dogs and phone companies - This is Money Show
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lloyds Bank, the bank that built its recent reputation on a massive mis-selling scandal, maybe at it again with the launch of a hard sales drive calle...
Behind the Treasury's spin - This is Money Show
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On the agenda This is Week The Lloyds Banking Group shares sell-off at a 5% discountThe Government's house building plans The effects of withdrawing t...
Hidden broadband fees that double the price
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
'This is outrageous,' says This is Money editor Simon Lambert on the compulsory line rental fee buried in the small print. #virginmedia #broadband #p...
Can you trust a property hotspot? This is Money show
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As property gets increasingly out of reach for all but the average oligarch, the experts head out across the country to locate regions that may still ...
Confused by new plastic bag rules?
30 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's a good thing but, oh boy, it's complicated. The This is Money team discuss the new 5p bag tax and how it applies to fashion and fish to gussets. ...
Buy-to-let tax changes explained
30 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is Money editor Simon Lambert runs through who might be affected by changes to buy-to-let tax announced by Chancellor George Osborne and due to c...
What is Corbynomics?
29 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A quick overview of the economic ideas of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with Tanya Jefferies, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost. #corbynomics #corbyn #QE ...
This is Money show - The death knell for diesel?
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week will go down in history as the one Volkswagen got found out.Doctoring emission tests on its diesel engines will cost the car company billion...
This is Money Show - the customer services episode
18 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine. You go into a shop, you're greeted with a smile and a warm welcome by someone who understands the products on sale, who is genuinely pleased ...
This is Money Show: The Rolls-Royce & cold calls edition
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Rolls-Royce edition.What's so special about a £250,000 Rolls-Royce? We asked the luxury car maker to explain the appeal of its new Dawn converti...
This is Money - bank tricks and it's better up North
04 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Simon Lambert, Rich Browning and Georgie Frost take a fun look at the week's events. Banks are at it again. They say you don't have to have ...
This is Money - the property and Corbynomics special
28 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join Simon Lambert and Tanya Jefferies on their fascinating journey through the state of the property market. From rising (maybe) mortgage rates, whet...
This is Money show - why's everyone panicking?
21 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There's panic on the streets of London! And Greece, China, America (north and south) and Europe. It might sound like a horrorific geography lesson bu...
This is Money Show - Misselling madness, what a WW2 radio mast has to do with high-frequency trading - and how to get your complaints heard
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce of This is Money talk to Share Radio's Georgie Frost about how to complain to the new ombudsman, missell...
This is Money Show: Interest rates, house price madness, how much to save for a pension, the £40k Skoda
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When will interest rates rise? Are we any wiser after Super Thursday? Should we start raising them now or keep them rooted to the floor?The thorny que...
This is Money Show - Perils of mini-bonds, car park investing, fix your mortgage and Lloyds sales techniques
31 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Invest in a car park? Not everyone would be tempted by that, but there are plenty of people flocking to esoteric investments. Is that wise?This week w...
This is Money Show - How to complain, pension tax madness, banks clampdown, vending machines, Swindon, energy rip offs
24 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What's the best way to complain? To the boss.This week Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert at Share Radio with Georgie Frost to run through what the ...
This is Money show - rising interest rates, strong pound and petrol, supermarkets, mobile rip offs
17 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week This is Money's Mark Shapland joins Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus and Share Radio Presenter Georgie Frost for a look at the ...
This is Money Show - EE, Room 101, taxman super powers, savings deals, rip offs
10 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Rickard Straus joins Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money's Lee Boyce to unearth further evidence of why EE should be shut away in Geo...
This is Money show - Greece, pensions panic, credit ratings, new banks, old cars
03 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Lambert and Tanya Jefferies have read and written all the big money news this week. Why not spend a fun hour in their company as they talk about...
How to tell where your euro note is from
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce work out where a wallet full of euro notes originated and hunt down some elusive Greek ones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
This is Money Show - euros on test, when to retire, offering on a house, do you want a bank in your pocket?
26 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How to spot where a euro note is from is on the agenda, as Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Share Radio star presenter for a lively look at the week's...
This is Money show - Greece meltdown, RBS shutdown, diesel and buy-to-let tax
19 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adrian Lowery and Lee Boyce join Editor SImon Lambert and Share Radio Presenter Georgie Frost for a fun yet insicive look at the week's mone...