Money Box
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Money Box
The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
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Water Bills and Graduate Jobs
A record number of households across England and Wales are now getting social tariffs from water suppliers to help cut their bills. Two million househ...
Suspended child benefit and the cost of school trips
MPs on the Treasury Select Committee are seeking answers from HMRC after thousands of parents have had their child benefit stopped because they took a...
Funeral insurance cancelled and not-so-simple assessment?
Thousands of people who've paid millions of pounds into an insurance plan they thought would cover their funeral costs face getting nothing in return...
Money Box Live: Beating the squeeze?
Inflation may not be in double digits anymore, but it is still almost double the Bank of England's target. That means prices are rising twice as fast...
Infected Blood Compensation and Standing Charges
Lawyers acting for victims of the infected blood scandal have written to the Chancellor demanding urgent action to avoid families and loved ones havin...
Money Box Live: First-Time Buyers
For some it's the dream, for others it's the plan, for most it's an effort. On this programme we look at buying a first home. It's rarely easy but ple...
Unauthorised Recurring Card Payments and Overpaying Mortgages
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute is warning people to keep a close eye on their bank and credit card accounts after thousands of unsuspecting...
Money Box Live: Apprenticeships
The government wants more young people to be offered "gold standard apprenticeships". The plan was unveiled at the Labour party conference as the Prim...
Investing and Car Finance Compensation
The Chancellor wants more people to invest in shares, UK companies and infrastructure projects in a bid to boost growth in the economy. Rachel Reeves...
Money Box Live: At the London Stock Exchange
Money Box Live hits the road and heads to the heart of the City of London for this special programme on investing. We're live at the London Stock Exch...
Paying with Cash and Pension Age Rise
Cash now accounts for less than 10% of all the retail payments we make. New figures out this week UK Finance, which represents banks and others, show...
Money Box Live: Private Healthcare
More of us than ever before have access to private medical insurance. New data shared with Money Box Live shows that more than 8 million people were c...
Teachers' Pensions and Car Insurance Compensation
The National Association of Head Teachers has written to the Department for Education demanding it take action to address what it describes as the fai...
Money Box Live: Understanding Crypto
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are a type of digital money that has proliferated in recent years. They are mostly unconnected to governments or centr...
Warning over Trusts and Landlord Mortgages
Top lawyers have told Money Box that people across the UK are being misled into paying thousands of pounds for products which they are told will prote...
Money Box Live: Navigating a Terminal Illness
This week on Money Box Live we're looking at a topic that's very difficult but very important. What happens to your finances when the worst happens?...
Mortgage Charter and Unclaimed Benefits
New figures reveal that more than a quarter of a million homeowners have temporarily reduced their mortgages payments, or extended their mortgage term...
Money Box Live: The Cost of University
About a quarter of a million 18-year-olds in the UK secured a university place this summer and are now preparing to head off to their chosen instituti...
Inheritance Planning and State Pension Underpayments
We look at changes which the Government has announced – and the speculation around those it hasn’t. Pension inheritance rules will change in 2027. It...
Money Box Live: Rising rents troubling tenants
Being a tenant can be pricey — and it’s only getting pricier.
Private rents rose by almost six per cent in the year to July, and while the pace...
Firefighter Wins and Winter Fuel Scams
Hundreds of former retained firefighters have come forward to claim millions of pounds in missing pension payments after Money Box covered the story e...
Money Box Live: What You Wish You'd Known
Dragons' Den investor and entrepreneur Deborah Meaden joins Felicity Hannah to look at the money wisdom and advice you wish you'd known when you were...
Pensions, On-Call Firefighters, Childcare
When will you retire? And will you have enough money to live comfortably? Big questions and this week the government announced two major reviews to st...
Money Box Live: How to Improve Your Credit Score
Every adult has a credit score but you've been telling us the factors affecting it can be mystifying and frustrating. So in this edition of Money Box...
Money Box Live: Why Are Women Retiring with Less?
For every £1 a man has in his private pension pot a woman has just 42p according to research from pension company Royal London.
When it comes to...
Water Meters and Cash ISAs
Money Box can exclusively reveal there has been a sharp rise in the number of people applying to have water meters fitted to try to bring their bills...
Mansion House and Council Tax for Terminally Ill
It was a momentous day on Tuesday as the government and regulators announced major changes in the way investments will be sold. What's been proposed...
Money Box Live: Losing Your Job
Unemployment recently rose to its highest level in almost four years. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate went up to 4.6 per cent...
Future of Pensions and Heat Networks
Reform of the state pension, auto-enrolment into company pensions and consolidation of small pensions spread across several providers are proposed thi...
Money Box Live: Behind Bars
In this special programme Money Box Live has been given exclusive access to a centre working with former prisoners to find out how money works behind...
Warm Home Discount and Teachers' Pension
Six million people will have £150 knocked off one winter electricity bill this winter. The Government has announced an expansion of the Warm Home Disc...
Money Box Live: Does Being Single Cost You More?
More people are living alone, in fact 3 in 10 households are made up of single adults, according to the latest government figures.
Research from...
Child Trust Funds and the Cost of Insurance
Campaigners say more needs to be done to help the parents and carers of tens of thousands of disabled young adults access their own money held in Gove...
Money Box Live: AI and Your Money
Three quarters of financial firms are already using Artificial Intelligence, according to the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, wit...
Bailiffs and Premium Bonds
We'll discuss proposals to reform the bailiff industry, hearing from a man whose small parking fine ballooned into a debt of more than £400 once baili...
Water Bills and How to Save?
New research, seen exclusively by Money Box, suggests a third of households in England and Wales are trying to cut the amount of water they use to hel...
Avoiding Scams and Changes to Wills
Hundreds of millions of pounds was stolen from people in 2024 by thieves who tricked them, manipulated them, and then drained their bank accounts. Th...
'Making Tax Digital' and Bank Charges
Hundreds and thousands of sole traders and landlords are facing a significant change in how they file their tax returns. In less than a year 800,000 p...
Fraud Crackdown and Is Cash King?
The fight against what is called push payment fraud - when victims are groomed and manipulated into transferring money to criminals - took a huge step...
Money Box Live: The 'Sadmin' of Bereavement
Earlier this spring the Financial Conduct Authority warned that some banks and firms lack empathy when dealing with bereaved customers and called for...