Money Box Episodes Episode guide
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Money Box Live: Changing life-expectancy
How can people plan for a post-work life when they don't know how long they will live?
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Bank of Mum and Dad, New car Personal Contract Plans, Child Maintenance Service
The latest news from the world of personal finance.
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Money Box Live: Energy pricing
Are we paying too much for our energy? What should we do about it?
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Tax changes blocked by the election, millions of 'smart' meters may have to be replaced, plus ethical banking
Tax changes blocked by the election and millions of smart meters may need replacing.
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Money Box Live: The Listeners' Manifesto
Louise Cooper and a panel of guests discuss the listeners' personal finance manifesto.
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Why is Joan trapped in her home?
Why can't property owners whose homes have risen sharply in value afford to downsize?
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Money Box Live: Are leaseholds fit for purpose?
Louise Cooper and a panel of experts answer calls on house and flat leaseholds.
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The Care Fee Trap
Is there a way to protect your assets from being used to pay care fees?
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Money Box Live: Care Home Costs for Dad
Paying for a care home for Dad, we hear the very personal story of listener Susannah.
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Personal debt, Making tax digital, Bereavement support payments, Probate fees
More personal debt, more tax returns, less bereavement support and changing probate fees.
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Money Box Live: Divorce, separation and personal finance
Financial phone-in. What financial issues surface when a relationship ends?
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Living wage rise, Santander fraud and opening up the water supply market
Competition in water supply, the living wage rise, and Santander fraud security.
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Money Box Live: The Cost of Buying a Car
Louise Cooper looks at the finances of buying a car.
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The reality of financial exclusion
Financial exclusion, state pension age review and the Lifetime ISA.
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Money Box Live: Death Taxes
Are death taxes the best way to fund social care?
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Backlog builds ahead of probate changes
Changes to probate see a backlog building due to a massive fee hike from May.
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Money Box Live: Finances behind bars
Financial phone-in. How do the personal finances of being in prison work?
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National insurance and self-employment
A national insurance increase for the self-employed and a test for smart meters.
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Money Box Live: Spring Budget 2017
Paul Lewis and guests decipher what the Budget might mean for you.
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Pubs clubs and workplace pensions
Workplace pensions, tax overpayers told to stop and bank branch staff tackle fraud.
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Money Box Live: Business rates - time for reform?
The government is coming under growing pressure to overhaul business rates.
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Sanction busting
Early warning demand before cutting benefits, not-so-free childcare and the new pound coin
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Money Box Live: Disability and self-employment
Does self-employment offer a good option for people with disabilities?
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HSBC closes church account
HSBC shuts church's account, Co-op Bank sale and defrauded family respond to their critics
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Money Box Live - Changes to benefits
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on changes to benefits expected in April.
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Landmark moment for cohabiting couples?
Cohabitee discrimination, prepay energy price cap, lack of protection for fraud victims?
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Money Box Live: Robo-advice
Could a machine give better financial advice than a human?
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Thousands face current accounts shut down
Current accounts cease for thousands, pension auto enrollment and npower price rise.
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Money Box Live: The End of the Tax Return
Making Tax Digital - transforming our tax system, but will it work for you?
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Tax simplification. It's complicated
Tax, cash machine costs, life insurance commission and National Insurance credits.