Money Box Episodes Episode guide
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Money Box Live: Student Finance
How to fund a degree without taking out a student loan.
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Tata steel pension changes for all?
Will proposals to change the British Steel pension affect other defined benefit pensions?
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Money Box Live: Understanding the New State Pension
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests explore the complexity of the new state pension.
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All that glisters. But should you invest in it?
All that glisters. But should you invest in it? Plus making banks treat customers better.
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Money Box Live: The Bank of Mum and Dad
Share your tales of The Bank of Mum and Dad.
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Ban on new builds as second homes in St Ives
The Cornish seaside town of St Ives intends to restrict second-home ownership.
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Money Box Live: The Sharing Economy
Paul Lewis investigates the benefits and risks of what is known as the sharing economy.
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The return of the 100% mortgage, Choices over maturing NS&I index-linked savings certificates
Is the 100% mortgage back? Plus NS&I investment choices, and firms urged to act over scams
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Money Box Live: Funding Social Care
Can the growing cost of social care be met, or do we need to change our expectations?
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Pensions lifeboat under pressure?
Paul Lewis examines the Pension Protection Fund, which is in line to rescue BHS's scheme.
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Money Box Live: The future of free financial guidance
What is the future for free money guidance with the shake-up of how it will be delivered?
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Tree investments felled, Selling your pension annuity - will it be a good deal?
Tree investments felled, and the pensions minister explains selling your annuity.
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Money Box Live: Wedding Costs
Listeners share their questions and ideas about wedding costs with Ruth Alexander.
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The Big Benefits Freeze
Claimants face a benefits freeze - though not pensioners.
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Money Box Live: Time for Tax Transparency?
Ruth Alexander and guests discuss the principle of taxpayer confidentiality.
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Tax havens - 'sunny places for shady people'?
How offshore accounts are often just a 'normal part' of most pension funds.
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Money Box Live: Pension Freedoms One Year On
Paul Lewis and guests take questions on accessing and managing retirement savings.
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How having a flutter is about to get less attractive
A look at why having a flutter is about to get less attractive.
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Money Box Live: Passing On Your Wealth
Should you leave your money to your children or spend it all before you go?
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Smart Energy Meters
Lesley Curwen presents discussion on new energy smart meters. Who will benefit from them?
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Money Box Live: Living Wage
How will the new national living wage affect businesses and employees?
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Has cash had its salad days?
The salad bar that claims to be the UK's first entirely cashless restaurant.
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Money Box Live: The Budget 2016
Paul Lewis and guests look at how the Budget will affect people's personal finances.
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Rising Water Charges
The areas where water customers have refused to pay extra to help the less well-off.
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Money Box Live: Rethinking the State Pension
How would you create the state pension from scratch?
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Fund Fee Rip-Off
The investors paying huge fees for managed funds that aren't really managed.
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Money Box Live: Personalised Budgets
How well do personal budgets work?
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Pension reform or a grab on our pension cash?
Lesley Curwen presents discussion on pension reform and the true cost of paying by cash.
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Money Box Live: Self-Employment
Should the state be making better provision for the self-employed?
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The East-West Energy Divide
Why do gas and electricity cost more in some parts of the UK?