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All that matters about money with Paul Lewis. News of savings and investments, credit cards and loans, pensions, banking, tax, benefits and giving to charity. The UK's premier weekly round-up of personal finance from the BBC.
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9 Episodes

Money Box Live: Children's Finances

More than half a million young people are yet to claim their Child Trust Fund which could be worth up to £2,200 according to the government, but how do you know if your child has one or even how to get it? Plus with the Chancellor's budget on the way,…
20 Nov 28 min

Carer's Allowance and Child Trust Funds

It was a big week for carers as the Government announced an independent review into Carer's Allowance overpayments after families were told to pay back thousands of pounds, often pushing them into debt.The review will look at what happened, but in the meantime the Department for Work and Pensions has…
16 Nov 24 min

Money Box Live: Missing Out on Financial Support?

Each year it’s estimated that £23 billion worth of help and support – from housing benefits to pension credit – goes unclaimed according to Policy in Practice. We look at the kind of help that is available, and hear from listeners on their experiences trying to claim the benefits they’re…
13 Nov 28 min

Pension Credit and Renters Insurance

The Government is writing to 120,000 people aged 66 or more encouraging them to claim the means-tested benefit pension credit, which will also entitle them to the winter fuel payment. The letters will go out from next month to people the Department for Work and Pensions has identified as likely…
9 Nov 25 min

Money Box Live: How to Buy a Home

Buying a home is legendarily one of the most stressful events in life so today on Money Box Live we're going to try to take some of the pressure off by talking you through how it should work.Obviously there's much more to it than finding your dream house and a…
6 Nov 28 min

Scam Special: Game Changing New Fraud Rules

In a special programme broadcast live from the Atrium in Quay House at MediaCityUK, Paul Lewis discusses a momentous change in the way banks treat customers who have money stolen from their bank accounts by what is called Authorised Push Payment Fraud. In 2023 a record number of people lost…
2 Nov 24 min

Money Box Live: Will You Pay More Tax?

This month the new government will reveal its plans for the nation's finances in the Budget.We've been told 'difficult decisions' lie ahead as the Chancellor Rachel Reeves seeks to plug what she says is a £22bn black hole left by the previous government.There's been plenty of speculation around Capital Gains…
30 Oct 30 min

Working on Benefits and Banking Hubs

A new report given exclusively to Money Box is calling for more help for working families on Universal Credit. The University of Bath’s Institute for Policy Research wants the government to raise earning thresholds for extra help like free school meals, NHS prescriptions, council tax support and NHS dental help…
26 Oct 26 min

Money Box Live: Can you afford university?

Across the UK freshers are heading off to university, many leaving home for the first time and most of them are paying for at least some of that with their student loans. Graduates in England leave university with average debts of around £48,500 according to the Student Loans Company.Tuition fees…
23 Oct 30 min