Money Box Episodes Episode guide
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The economics of being an author
How lucrative is a writing career and what's the most cost-effective route to publication?
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Banks want to delay fraud prevention name check
Confirmation of payee name checks may not happen until 2020.
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Open Banking one year on
Open Banking promised to revolutionise your personal finances. Has it?
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Ofgem raises energy cap
Regulator Ofgem raises the energy cap.
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Universal Basic Income - Can it work?
A state income for all might be great in principal, but can it ever work in practice?
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Mini-bond firm calls in administrators
The cash of 14,000 investors at risk as London Capital & Finance Plc enters administration
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The cost of car insurance
The UK has some of the highest motor insurance premiums in Europe - why?
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What makes an investment too good to be true?
What warning signs should make you wary about an investment?
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Parking fines - the good, the bad and the ugly
The number of parking tickets issued is on the increase. What can be done to curb it?
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Benefit rule changes for pensioners with younger partners
From May, pensioners with younger partners can't make new pension credit claims
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Financial Resolutions
What is the one financial resolution you should keep in 2019?
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Rare victory for bank fraud victim
As two banks refund a customer defrauded of all her cash, will other victims benefit too?
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Money Box Live: Small Claims Court
The effectiveness of the small claims court
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The cost of a 'no-fault' accident
Why your car insurance increases even if a crash isn't your fault.
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After the bankruptcy
At risk of losing the family home after her dad was made bankrupt... what happened next?
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Perfect Pensions Storm
The Welsh steel workers who were persuaded by 'sharks' to give up their company pensions.
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Jailed for failing to disclose the whereabouts of his clients' money
The founder of Universal Wealth Preservation is jailed. Plus an end to big overdraft fees.
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Paws for thought. Just how much does it cost to keep a pet?
In the UK we spend almost 拢4.5 billion a year on domestic pets. Where does the money go?
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If you've had a mental illness does that mean you will pay more for insurance?
Having a mental illness could mean pricier insurance. Another energy company goes under.
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Hidden costs and charges
What's being done about the 'hidden' costs of pensions, investments and savings?
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Aegon admin delays trap 拢40,000 for nine months
The 拢40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months
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UK funeral industry investigated for high prices
A probe is underway to see if people are being charged too much when they pay for funerals
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Carer's Allowance overpayments
Government figures reveal nearly 70,000 cases of Carer's Allowance overpayments.
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Costs of assisted fertility
Would you consider spending tens of thousands of pounds on IVF to become a parent?
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Outfox the Market: bill rise sparks switch
Customers complain after energy supplier Outfox the Market hikes direct debit payments
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Financial services for the changing way we work
Are financial products adapting to the changing way we work?
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Investing while Brexiting
How have this week's Brexit developments affected financial markets?
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Money Box Live: Universal Credit
What is your experience of the biggest change ever made to the benefits system?
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Free finance textbook for schools
Probate fees, auto-enrolment pensions, pension inequality and a free financial textbook
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Expats and Brexit
Deal or no deal: How will Brexit affect the finances of Britons living in Europe?