Money Box Live: Making Sense of Savings

This week has seen a new Prime Minister and a new Chancellor of the Exchequer. As soon as John Healey was appointed the announcements began. First came the announcement to cut VAT on household energy bills from October, next a plan to cap bus fares in England from January, then a ...  Show more

Major reforms are planned to shake up house selling in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The government hopes the plans could end gazundering and gazumping and make buying and selling homes faster, cheaper and less likely to fall through.Gazumping happens when a seller switche ...  Show more

The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 10 times since 2022. But you probably wouldn’t notice those hikes in a traditional savings account. Dylan Lewis caught up with Robert Brokamp to discuss: - How banks benefit from your inertia, and how that costs you - Ideas for mana ...  Show more

When's the last time you checked your savings account? After years of not getting a decent interest rate, the rapid rise in interest rates over the past couple of years means there are some great deals out there. In this episode we share the best we could find. If you're not gett ...  Show more

As part of the Business Daily Meets strand we speak to Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, senior economists at the Bank of England. They have written a book to help people of all ages get a better understanding of the economy. They answer questions like ‘Why am I richer than my great- ...  Show more

As interest rates rise, find out essential financial moves to save money. Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.Find Money Girl on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the newsletter for more personal finance tips.Money Girl is a part of Qu ...  Show more