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This is Money Podcast

What you need to know about money each week and what the news means for you, from the UK"s best financial website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:47

What the Spring Statement means for your finances

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2025/03/28

Rachel Reeves is back to where she started after the Spring Statement, with her £9.9billion of budget headroom restored but at what cost.The Chancellor was true to her word and didn't turn this week's economic update into a second Budget, with no tax changes coming in. But a wave of spending cuts was announced, along with growth forecasts going both down and up. We also got the Office for Budget Responsibility's update on what Reeves' Autumn Budget tax rises will cost us, a threat to cash Isas and

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59:07

Rachel Reeves is between a rock and a hard place -...

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2025/03/21

Rachel Reeves is due to deliver her Spring Statement next week and it's probably safe to say this isn't the position she wanted to be in.After an Autumn Budget that raised spending and hiked taxes while locking the Chancellor in with a new fiscal rule, Reeves would have hoped to arrive in March with better news on the economy. Instead, Labour's not-a-tax-on-working-people national insurance hike on employers has backfired, at the same time as the growth forecasts have taken a downturn and

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48:01

How worried should investors be about the Trump slump?

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2025/03/14

Investors this week have been hit by the 'Trump Slump.' Why is the US President rattling markets and is it the end of the US bull market? Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss what you should be doing to make your investments great again. How will the UK handle potential tariffs, should investors be in panic mode and what do experts say you should be doing to navigate the geopolitical turmoil? Pension freedom rules came into play 10 years ago - these allowed retirees to take

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68:57

Pension gurus on top-ups and sums behind a...

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2025/03/07

People with gaps in their state pension records have just one more month to take advantage of a special offer to buy missing years going as far back as 2006.As long as you get your payment or a callback request in by 5 April you can still benefit from the deal, but after that you will only be able to fill gaps from the past six years. And many are facing a backlog with payments in limbo – so what's going on? This week pension gurus Sir Steve Webb and Tanya Jefferies join Lee Boyce and Georgie

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47:50

How much do you need to earn to feel rich?

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2025/02/28

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54:20

Inflation strikes back: How worried do we need to be?

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2025/02/21

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49:35

Should cash Isas be made less generous to encourage...

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2025/02/14

The future of the cash Isa has been in the spotlight of late, with rumours the Chancellor could tinker with one of Britain's best loved tax breaks.It's believed some city bosses are lobbying her to make the limit less generous, and push more people into investing their money instead. While just speculation, it's a move that would certainly ruffle a few feathers. This week, Lee Boyce, Georgie Frost and Angharad Carrick discuss the future of Isas and ask: Should people with cash parked in savings

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57:03

Will interest rates keep falling and can we dodge...

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2025/02/07

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49:17

Is current account switching boom driven by cash...

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2025/01/31

More than a million people switched current account last year - the second time it has ticked over the 1m mark.So, who is winning the switching battle and is it all driven by people chasing a quick and easy buck from banks? Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost dive into the data and also look at why you might not be rich enough to bank with HSBC anymore... if you want its exclusive account. The Government rules out forcing businesses to accept cash - is that a smart move? Need help with your tax

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49:47

Should you avoid a 40-year mortgage? The rise of...

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2025/01/24

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61:06

How much money are homeowners now making when they sell?

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2025/01/17

How much homeowners are making when they come to sell up is shrinking - new data shows home-selling profits are at its lowest point for nearly a decade.This week, Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Lee Boyce discuss the figures and delve into the pockets of Britain where house asking prices have grown the most in the past year, bucking the trend. With looming stamp duty changes happening in April, what will that do to the property market... and is it a fair system? With billions of pounds worth of

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70:58

What’s gone wrong for the UK's finances, is it Rachel...

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2025/01/10

You have to feel for Rachel Reeves. After establishing a solid reputation in opposition, things haven’t gone to plan as Chancellor so far.Her Autumn Budget led to widespread criticism over tax rises on employment and extra costs for businesses, while questions abound over whether her plans will deliver the growth Labour promised voters. Now, a slow burn rise in the UK’s borrowing costs has led to gilt yields surpassing the levels seen after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated

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40:09

Why aren't energy bills going down - and what to do...

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2025/01/03

In a not very happy start to the new year, Ofgem's energy price cap went up on 1 January from £1,717 to £1,738.Energy experts at Cornwall Insight say it will go up again in April - and by more than they initially expected. So why are bills rising? After all, we are a long way from the peak of the gas price crisis back in 2021. This week, Georgie Frost and Helen Crane discuss when they will finally go back to normal - and whether fixed rates are a good deal again. The team also talk about an

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61:22

A decade of the This is Money podcast in our special...

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2024/12/27

In a special epsiode, we hosted our first live podcast at our offices to celebrate a decade of discussing Britain's personal finances.Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Helen Crane talk through 10 years of huge and unexpected financial developments, from Brexit and President Trump to Covid and the cost-of-living crisis. Some of our valued listeners were in the audience as we covered major themes that have erupted in our financial lives since 2014, including Liz Truss's infamous

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49:14

Going local with Alastair Humphreys - how to have a...

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2024/12/24

On this special bonus episode of the This is Money Podcast, Simon Lambert catches up with Alastair Humphreys about his quest to find adventure close to home.Alastair, a genuine global adventurer, who featured on our Making The Money Work Podcast series in 2020, recently published his book Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness. It told the story of his year spent swapping travelling the world for exploring the grid squares of the Ordance Survey map centred on his home location. In this

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60:56

What happened to our finances in 2024 - and what...

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2024/12/20

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59:50

Are we getting a fair deal on energy bills?

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2024/12/13

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60:36

How rich do you feel - and are you getting richer?

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2024/12/06

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60:31

What next for house prices and is it harder to buy a...

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2024/11/29

House price predictions for next year have started to roll in, so where do the experts think they are headed next? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Lee Boyce discuss the property market - and delve into figures that attempt to tackle the tricky question: is it harder to buy a home now versus 50 years ago. And sticking with property, Halifax has launched a highly unusual fixed-rate mortgage - should borrowers be tempted? With the weather turning colder, we talk how to stay warm this winter without

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49:52

Are interest rate cuts about to stall?

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2024/11/22

Inflation's spell below the Bank of England's 2 per cent target has been brief and the latest CPI figure came in at a higher than expected 2.3 per cent.Meanwhile, Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey has joined the Office of Budget Responsibility in stating that the recent Autumn Budget is likely to lift inflation, as employers face higher costs from national insurance and the rising minimum wage. On the other side of the Atlantic, President-elect Donald Trump is seen as bringing his own

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