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🚰 Hundreds of thousands of people complained about their water bills in the past year, with cost the main issue.
We ask the industry what's going on and answer your questions with @WaterUK and @CCWvoice
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With rent, student loans & saving for a home, paying into a pension can seem very low on the list, so how do you save for your future self?
@FelicityHannah is joined by @Sarah_Pennells and @PPI_Research
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Coming up on today’s show:
Workplace pensions
Low income pensioners like Valerie 👇missing out on benefits help
Winter fuel opt out
Mortgages - where are interest rates going?
@paullewismoney on @BBCRadio4 has all the details at 12pm or @BBCSounds
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Hundreds of thousands of older people on low incomes could see their lives transformed by £hundreds a month if they claimed the money off rent or council tax they're entitled to, with @MorganVine_ of @IndependentAge on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4
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Borrowing money from friends and family can get complicated. 💷
1 in 4 of us do it, but what are the rules and what happens if it doesn’t quite go to plan?
@FelicityHannah is joined by @MelindaGilesLaw and @StepChange
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LOTS coming up at 12pm @BBCRadio4 with @paullewismoney :
HofL comm investigates poor numeracy costing people £200/year
Petrol prices hit near 4 year high
Happy 50th to tracker investments
Child Trust Funds get @TheFCA investigation… @JessQuayle behind the glass with @bbcdanw
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Money Box Live is back at 3pm @bbcradio4 with @FelicityHannah talking all about the costs of sending children to school.
Listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030xh…
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We're back at 12pm with @bbcdanw on @BBCRadio4
with a packed programme:
- A crackdown on rogue bailiffs.
- The bereaved families waiting for money from the Civil Service Pension scheme.
- And new 10p coins – what can you buy with one?
LISTEN 👉
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A special Money Box Live with @FelicityHannah coming up - all about how money works when you're in the military. Listen live: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zhs…
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So @paullewismoney has the last prog of this series 12pm @BBCRadio4:
@JohnHealey_MP new chancellor - what will his policies be?
Water poverty hits 1.8m households acc. to @CCWvoice @bbcdanw investigates
IHT and how to minimise what you pay
Then…. School’s out! Back 29th August!
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Coming up with @paullewismoney on @BBCRadio4 at 12pm, a packed show:
State Pension Age Rise with @Debbie_abrahams
Gazundering with @bbcdanw
Air Con Grants with @niamhjournalist
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Coming up shortly @FelicityHannah talks Buy Now Pay Later on the day new rules come in to protect consumers using it. Listen live @BBCRadio4
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Would you let AI manage your money?💷
What are the risks? 📉
What are the benefits? 📈
And can you trust it?
That’s what we’re talking about on today’s programme with @Ruth__Alexander
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Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry is not the hardest word for pensions administrator Capita which has more apologies than solutions after it broke a promise to MPs to solve the problems at the civil service pension scheme by 30 June, @bbcdanw on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4
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New figures reveal 500,000 people a year say no to joining a workplace pension by opting out in the first month - giving up the free money towards their retirement from the government and their employer, with Matthew Blackstad of @PensionsUK_ on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4
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Parliament asked to help thousands of young adults with learning disabilities get access to their own money in state backed child trust funds. They need court permission which can cost more than is in the fund with @bbcdanw and @AndrewofSussex on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4
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On today’s Money box with @paullewismoney;
🏦 How easy is it to access your bank? We quiz the man heading up a major review.
👧 Why child benefits were stopped for thousands of people who’d gone on holiday.
🎢 And VAT cuts on family days out, but how much will it save?
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Getting ready for the new series of Money Box Live - starting with a special programme about the Future of Banking as more branches close their doors for the final time.
Join @FelicityHannah at 3pm on @BBCRadio4 or listen back here 👉
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Saving enough for retirement? Research suggest 6m people, like Alan 👇, face struggling with rent/mortgage after stopping work @Sarah_Pennells from @RoyalLondon will explain with @bbcdanw.
Solar panels and new designs for bank notes too! @paullewismoney 12pm @BBCRadio4
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Coming up with @paullewismoney at midday…
💷 A Money Box listener tells us about an Ai scam which cost him his life savings
❤️ Could more rights be coming for unmarried couples?
⚡️Energy bills going up in Northern Ireland
📚 The latest on student loans
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