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Pensions revolution; Cash is king; Paying for childcare People planning to retire will shortly have more freedom over their pension pots. First broadcast: 22 Mar 2014 Bundled insurance, Scottish pensions, budget lookahead, travel cancellations Paul Lewis asks if travel firms can demand the full cost of a holiday when you cancel. First broadcast: 15 Mar 2014 Refuelling your hire car; the best cash ISAs; investment fund discounts; Pass Plus Finance news. Paul Lewis asks whether the new discounted funds are worth investing in. First broadcast: 08 Mar 2014 Savings teaser rates; Payday lenders; Care bugbears; iPad fraud alert Getting tough on consumer credit, care bugbears, and an end to savings teaser rates? First broadcast: 01 Mar 2014 Aviva data breach Paul Lewis looks at Aviva's data breach and asks about the Vodafone share windfall. First broadcast: 22 Feb 2014 Pension pot confusion; Fluid situation; Stamping out avoidance; A-Z of no claims bonuses Annuities confusion, fluid situation, A-Z of no claims bonuses and stamping out avoidance. First broadcast: 15 Feb 2014 DIY Investing Paul Lewis asks if a novice can invest their money without financial advice. First broadcast: 08 Feb 2014 Insurance set-up fees; tax penalties; flight compensation; council tax Paul Lewis investigates set-up fees for cancelling insurance even before cover starts. First broadcast: 01 Feb 2014 Cashing Out Paul Lewis looks at how HSBC are preventing some customers taking out large sums of cash. First broadcast: 25 Jan 2014 Major broker overhauls charges; Diamond investing dangers; Small claims process; 0% balance transfers confusion Biggest UK investment broker Hargreaves Lansdown changes charges. With Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 18 Jan 2014 Energy prices drop; Investing in emerging markets; CPP compensation Paul Lewis and guests discuss who is set to benefit from the energy bill price drop. First broadcast: 11 Jan 2014 Payouts for storm power cuts; Insurer data breach alert; Bank customers in group action; The Faberge Mystery Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. Who compensates you for storm power cuts? First broadcast: 04 Jan 2014 Listeners take on financial firms Paul Lewis celebrates the tenacity of Money Box listeners who've taken on financial firms. First broadcast: 28 Dec 2013 Bye-bye to Bitcoin?; Gender-blender insurance; World's most expensive moneybox Has the bitcoin bubble burst? The true price of insurance. Copycat HMRC and moneyboxes. First broadcast: 21 Dec 2013 Pension industry accused; Steve Webb MP; Lloys mis-selling fine The pension industry is accused of 'burgling' pensioners over annuities. With Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 14 Dec 2013 Energy firms, Autumn Statement, mobile bills Energy firms that keep your money, Autumn Statement, and the deal to end mega mobile bills First broadcast: 07 Dec 2013 Rising insurance; Cash for Christmas; Phones cut off; The Resolver How customers can fight back against unanswered complaints. Finance news with Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 30 Nov 2013 Car hire complaints; Roaming charges; Teenage bankers The saga of the missing car hire deposits, mystery roaming charges and school bankers. First broadcast: 23 Nov 2013 Interest rates rising; Postcode jitters; Frontier investing Are interest rates going to rise in 2014, 2015 or 2016? And postcode muddles on insurance. First broadcast: 16 Nov 2013 Copy-cat websites; Future of the Co-op; Dormant bank accounts Beware the clones - will bondholders co-operate? And the big sleep - dormant bank accounts First broadcast: 09 Nov 2013 Saving with multiple accounts; Pension charges; Debts of the dead Stash your savings in multiple current accounts, not savings accounts, for the best rates. First broadcast: 02 Nov 2013 Fuel Poverty; Green questions over Co-Op; Switching nightmares Fuel poverty, 'fixed means fixed', green questions over Co-Op and switching nightmares. First broadcast: 26 Oct 2013 British Gas prices; Star fund managers; Credit unions square up; Asda angers customers Winter blast as British Gas hikes prices, star fund managers, and credit unions square up. First broadcast: 19 Oct 2013 Royal Mail shares; Water bill deal; Help to Buy 2 Sharing out Royal Mail, SmartSource Water customer anger, and Help to Buy 2. First broadcast: 12 Oct 2013 E.on tariffs; Cyprus property troubles; John Lewis pay; bank texts; CPP compensation Why some E.on customers can no longer StayWarm. Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 05 Oct 2013 Closed accounts, another banking divorce, flight compensation, Royal Mail shares Personal finance news. Will the Royal Mail sell-off be a 1st or 2nd class investment? First broadcast: 28 Sep 2013 Pension crackdown; Child benefit fine warning; Outing closet trackers Paul Lewis on the charity which had 60 fraudulent direct debits taken from accounts. First broadcast: 21 Sep 2013 Have the zombies got your savings? Cracking down on zombie bank accounts, direct debit fraud and tenancy deposit safety. First broadcast: 14 Sep 2013 NHS fine U-turn, TSB rebirth, off-plan perils and pitfalls, premium rate call crackdown Eye test fine U-turn, TSB, off-plan perils and pitfalls, and premium rate crackdown. First broadcast: 07 Sep 2013 Low interest rates; How a minor car scrape can still hurt you Low interest rates are here to stay. So how will that affect you personally? First broadcast: 31 Aug 2013 Housing Special Ruth Alexander helps you cut moving costs, whether renting or buying. First broadcast: 27 Jul 2013 Holiday fraud, insurance for the unemployed, finance education for children The global holiday rental booking fraud, insurance for the unemployed, and the ABC of cash Uncoupling your financial affairs; Who makes the most out of plastic; Mobile phone charges; Investigating insurance renewals Insurance renewals, financial break-ups, the cost of plastic, why a second costs a minute. First broadcast: 06 Jul 2013 First broadcast: 13 Jul 2013 Mobile insurance rip-off; Care home top-up fees; Flood insurance; Credit card rewards Discussing mobile insurance, care home top-up fees, flood deals and credit card inequality First broadcast: 29 Jun 2013 State Pension loss for part timers; concern over guarantor loans; Co-Op bondholders The latest news from the world of personal finance. Presented by Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 22 Jun 2013 15/06/2013 P&O's 'price promise', flat-rate pension, NS&I savings rate cut and comparison websites. First broadcast: 15 Jun 2013 PIP disability benefit, direct debit charges, putting your home into a trust and slow Financial Ombudsman Service The new PIP benefit, the FOS answers listeners' complaints, and direct debits. First broadcast: 08 Jun 2013 Undead direct debits, mortgage repayments, the marriage of unequals, the cost of investing The direct debits that came back from the dead, and the true cost of investing. First broadcast: 25 May 2013 Card payment glitches at contactless terminals Card payment glitches at contactless terminals and customers fobbed off after air delays. First broadcast: 18 May 2013 Overdraft charges, insurance, contactless cards, mortgages for over-60s The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 11 May 2013 Interest-only mortgages, hikes in fuel bills, Zopa What lenders are doing to help customers with interest-only mortgages. With Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 04 May 2013 Overseas resort schemes; chargeback complications Presented by Paul Lewis. Investors fear for their cash in an overseas resort scheme. First broadcast: 27 Apr 2013 Bogus solicitor [problem]; the shine has gone off gold; check your clocks for energy tariffs The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 20 Apr 2013 Card charges, Thatcher's finance legacy, bank customers unable to run their account Excessive card charges continue despite a ban, and Mrs Thatcher's personal finance legacy. First broadcast: 13 Apr 2013 Energy company fine, vouchers for burglary victims, the new ISA season Finance news with Paul Lewis. A record energy company fine, but who can get compensation? First broadcast: 06 Apr 2013 Pension savers; the listener who took on HSBC; loyalty cards Some pension savers can access more cash, and the listener who took on HSBC wins £65,000. First broadcast: 30 Mar 2013 Budget lowdown, how safe are your savings, and when is 0% interest not 0%? The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. First broadcast: 23 Mar 2013 Pricey DWP phone lines, shock council tax bills for empty homes and ISA investing tips DWP premium phone lines, loyalty and insurance, Share ISAs, and council tax on empty homes First broadcast: 16 Mar 2013

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It was revealed yesterday that the BBC are responsible for more that one in ten of all criminal prosecutions in the Magistrates Courts with over 3,500 cases being heard EVERY WEEK. Last year saw the BBC prosecute over 180,000 people for using a TV without a valid licence. Lord Pearson, UKIP leader in the House of Lords is sponsoring a private members bill to decriminalise the non-payment of licence fee. A full copy of the news article can be read in the link below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10256679/TV-licence-offences-account-for-one-in-ten-UK-court-cases.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089 Now I'm lucky I get 70mb download/15 mb upload speed,but what about those who get lower BB speeds or have No internet at all ? Bet they wont reduce the price of TVL due to this move,if it does go ahead ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26326033 I'm involved in a similar ongoing story. The local Trading Standards will soon be getting another report. http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?408378-Agent-wants-significant-rent-without-contract

the BBC is doing a consumer rights programme next wednesday at 20.00 on BBC1 about private parking companies. It is called "your money their tricks" so settle down in front of the box and see what is given a wide public airing. I am looking forward to it.

From this BBC link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22651126 The BBC has scrapped a £98m digital production system, which its director general said had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money". The Digital Media Initiative was set up in 2008 but was halted last autumn having never become fully operational. "I have serious concerns about how we managed this project," BBC director general Tony Hall said. An independent review has been launched "to find out what went wrong and what lessons can be learned", he said. The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was intended to transform the way staff developed, used and shared video and audio material and was seen as an important part of a move of resources to Salford. "Ambitious technology projects like this always carry a risk of failure," Lord Hall said. "It does not mean we should not attempt them but we have a responsibility to keep them under much greater control than we did here." The contract to deliver the DMI was originally awarded to technology company Siemens in 2008 but was taken over and relaunched by an in-house BBC team in 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, the project cost the corporation £98.4m. An internal review was set up in October 2012 after the BBC Trust expressed serious concerns. In a letter to Margaret Hodge, chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, the BBC Trust's Anthony Fry revealed the project had generated "little or no assets". "It is of utmost concern to us that a project which had already failed to deliver value for money in its early stages has now spent so much more of licence fee payers' money," he said. "We intend to act quickly to ensure that there can be no repeat of a failure on this scale." Mrs Hodge described the episode as "a terrible shock and clearly completely shambolic". The corporation said the initiative had been badly managed and outpaced by changing technology, and that to carry on would be throwing good money after bad. "It's struggled to keep pace with new developments and requirements both within the BBC and the wider broadcasting industry," Lord Hall wrote in an email to BBC staff. Disciplinary action "There are now standard off-the-shelf products that provide the kind of digital production tools that simply didn't exist five years ago. "We will be looking into what has happened and will take appropriate action, disciplinary or otherwise," he added. John Linwood, the BBC's chief technology officer, has been suspended. In 2011, then director general Mark Thompson told the Public Accounts Committee that the initiative was "critical" to the BBC's move to Media City in Salford and the establishment of new Broadcasting House. "A lot of the future of the BBC is tied up in the successful delivery of this project," he said, at the time. James Purnell, the BBC's director of strategy and digital, said: "In the future we are going to rely far more on off-the-shelf technology. We've messed up and we apologise to licence fee payers for that." Yet he insisted the failed project was "the exception rather than the rule", citing technical successes such as the BBC iPlayer.

Here is good read. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/2013/01the_great_disability_scam_as_t.html

Thought this may be of interest: http://atosvictimsgroup.co.uk/2012/12/11/bbc-request-they-want-your-atos-story-now/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19944217

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18592468 spent years chasing rogues, he's one as well.

This just popped up on the BBC Twitter feed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18595023 CAG is mentioned in the story.

After re-tuning my Freeview HD TV, I now have no digi BBC channels or BBC digi radio stations. My Sagemcom Digital Tuner Recorder played through the TV is getting BBC 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus BBC HD on Digi Channel 50 and the BBC Digi radio channels. Others in my area are saying the same thing - that they've re-tuned today and lost all their BBC channels. Is this likely to be sorted today or soon, as part of the Switchover process.

I have tried to post a link to you and yours BBC radio 4 14/ 06/2012 but the site won't let me, so you will have hunt it down yourselves. I guess I haven't got enough priviledge so perhaps someone else can put the link up. It features an employee of Cabot recorded being very economical with the true while trying to [EDIT] less than £50 for a disputed 15 year old debt. The piece is at the beginning so you don't need to listen all the way through. Note how wishy washy the regulator is, certainly not fit for purpose and not surprising that that debt collectors get away with so much. I think we should all phone up Cabot and play the piece back them down the phone, very little hurt more than contempt. Martin g

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11747016

Posting on behalf of a new Cagger with low post count. Thanks for this. 'Shock tactics' used by some Bailiffs www.bbc.co.uk