Money Box Podcast
1) TikTok - time for change?
TikTok has been downloaded over 1.6 billion times and most of its users are young. They share videos and stream their activities live. The site allows people who have over 1000 followers to be given p...Show More
2) Money Box Life: Working for Longer
The number of people working past retirement age is growing. New analysis of tax data found a 12% rise over the past five years. It was carried out by the specialist employment law firm, Littler, wh...Show More
3) Energy Ombudsman Powers and Cheques
The chair of Parliament’s Energy Select Committee has told Money Box it’s “vital” the Energy Ombudsman is given new, stronger powers as quickly as possible. Bill Esterson says that it is too easy for...Show More
4) Money Box Live: Do Electric Cars Add Up?
Buying a new car last year increasingly meant going electric. Around one in four new car buyers made that choice with almost half a million electric cars registered over the year, according to industr...Show More
5) Energy Bill Battle and Restrictive Covenants
When it comes to keeping our homes warm nearly all of us rely on just a handful of big energy suppliers. And during the winter, especially with the cold temperatures, we rely on those suppliers to do ...Show More
6) Money Box Live: Inheritance Tax
There's a topic that often appears in the Money Box inbox, inheritance tax.It's money paid by the estate of someone once they die, as long as the total value of all their property, possessions, cash a...Show More
7) Child Benefit and Credit Cards
More than 60% of parents who lost their child benefit because the tax office believed incorrectly they'd moved abroad, were in fact eligible for the benefit, which is worth at least a hundred pounds a...Show More
8) Money Box Live: Women's Finances
It's 50 years since the Sex Discrimination Act meant all women could take out mortgages and loans without needing a man to approve it.In this programme we'll take a look at how things have changed for...Show More
9) Making Tax Digital and Savings Rates
"A big change" - that's how HMRC has described a major transformation starting in April, which affects the way sole traders and landlords report their income and expenses. The tax office has told Mone...Show More
10) Can You Make a Creative Job Pay?
The creative industries add around £124 billion to the UK economy according to government figures, but for actors, painters, or even influencers, making it pay can seem impossible.The actor Christophe...Show More