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This is Money Podcast

A weekly Business, Business News and Investing podcast featuring Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost
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If you want a good deal, an undervalued gem, or a fixer-upper to make money on - buy a home at auction.That's the common theory, but does it actually work in practice?There's a chance you might find an underrated home, but there's also
This week, This is Money takes a look at a raft of inter-generation financial divide stories that have popped up in August.This includes why those born in the 1980s have less disposable income than those born in the 1970s according to the O
Working out what to do with a life-changing sum of money is a nice problem to have but that doesn’t mean it’s not tricky.  We’ve all read the stories of inheritances, lottery wins and other windfalls squandered - and even if you have spent
Do you feel financially confident? When it comes to budgeting, saving, investing, and building your pension, are you clueless, comfortable, or cracking on?A piece of research this week by Moneybox claimed that being financially confident coul
All change, please. In a radical reshaping of the political landscape, Britain has elected a Labour government for the first time in 14 years.New prime minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have made bold promises of revival, gro
You find a decent paying savings account, diligently squirrel away your money, watch it grow… only for the taxman to come along and swipe a chunk.And since savings rates have been much better in recent years, the amount HMRC is taking in in s
Inflation is back on target at 2 per cent. After the spike into double-digits that triggered talk of a cost of living crisis and sent interest rates spiralling, we are now back at the Bank of England's target level.So, is the great inflation
It’s manifesto week and Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems have laid out their vision for the country – along with the Green Party, Reform and others.The economy, tax and people’s finances are a cornerstone of the all the manifestos,
How much do you need in Premium Bonds to win the jackpot?And if you haven’t maxed them out to the full £50,000, is it even worth bothering?This is Money has run some in-depth analysis on all the £1million prizes over the past four years and
This is Money's consumer champion Helen Crane celebrated the 100th edition of her Crane on the Case column this week.Helen has won back more than £1.2million for readers over the course of all those columns and learnt a thing or two along the
The Prime Minister put an end to all the speculation this week by giving us the date for the general election: July 4.That comes as the latest inflation reading was 2.3 per cent, a little above forecasts making a base rate cut next month now
Supermarket loyalty schemes have become even more of a big thing in recent years as the two giants Tesco and Sainsbury's have rolled out Clubcard and Nectar Prices.But while cards bring lower prices, the points collected still mean prizes for
The Bank of England decided to hold the base rate for the sixth time in a row this week – but was it the right decision?Should the MPC have been bold and made a cut? What does it mean for our mortgages and savings? And when will a move come -
With not one but two mortgage spikes fresh in our minds, a flurry of rate rises have got home owners and potential buyers worried again.A bunch of major mortgage lenders raised their rates this week - and Santander did it twice.So, are we a
You can wait a long time for a FTSE 100 record high but for peak-starved British investors this week delivered a bonanza.Four record highs were racked up by the FTSE 100, with only Wednesday's slight dip spoiling what would have been a perfec
Older people received another boost to the state pension this week taking the full rate to over £11,000 a year.This year's increase of 8.5 per cent was thanks to the triple lock commitment - a guarantee the state pension will rise each year b
There's a warning for savers who's fixed term deals are coming to an end - don't take your eye off the ball now or risk having your returns wiped out in a matter of months.A year ago, there was a flurry of savers choosing fixed-rate bonds as
The row over small deposit mortgage is the gift that keeps on giving.Hot on the heels of the Budget plan that never appeared arrives Yorkshire Building Society's new deal, that's been dubbed a 99 per cent mortgage.But is it really one of th
There is less than a fortnight to go before the end of the tax year and that means it's time to sort your Isa, pension and finances before it's too late.With another tax raid on the way for investors on capital gains and dividends, this is on
The Bank of England held interest rates again this week as inflation dropped once more. So, are we out of the woods yet?Will inflation keep coming back down towards target and the Bank of England soon seamlessly switch back to cutting rates?
Jeremy Hunt bounced around delivering his Budget on Wednesday, proudly declaring his commitment to tax cuts and supporting working families.Another 2p was chopped off National Insurance and the threshold at which child benefit is removed was
On this bonus episode of the This is Money Podcast, Simon Lambert is joined by Charles Stanley Direct’s Lisa Caplan and Garry White for a quick run through what was in the Budget.Investment experts Lisa and Garry talk us through the main Budg
The debacle over widespread errors in the state pension that This is Money and Sir Steve Webb uncovered, continues.As of the end of October last year, DWP had paid out just under half a billion pounds to more than 80,000 people who’ve been un
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