Radio 4 Moneybox - Programmes available on BBC radio iPlayer

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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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• Saga: the price of loyalty, historic payroll reporting shake-up, buy-to-let dream or nightmare?
  

Saga: the cost of 'loyalty', the biggest shake-up to payroll since WW2 and Buy to Let.

First broadcast: 09 Mar 2013

• Loyalty to house insurers, poor savings rates, and equity release
  

Why loyalty to one's house insurer doesn't pay, and should pensioners release house cash?

First broadcast: 02 Mar 2013

• Beware the money mule [problem], cleaning up the annuities industry, and what laws are in place to stop pension fraud?
  

Ordinary people being recruited to launder money, plus annuities and pensions liberation.

First broadcast: 23 Feb 2013

• Child Trust Fund charges, Get Cash app re-launches, long-term care, pension liberalisation
  

Child Trust Fund charges spark a row, and Money Box saves a man from a pension mistake.

First broadcast: 16 Feb 2013

• 09/02/2013
  

Pension 'liberation' dangers, fraud refunds, water bills and continuing care costs.

First broadcast: 09 Feb 2013

• Fraud busters, the Money Box savings challenge and air travel rights
  

Fraud busters, an update on the Money Box savings challenge and more, with Paul Lewis.

First broadcast: 02 Feb 2013

• The Money Box Saving Challenge, the lowdown on IFA costs, cutting your credit card limit and court ruling on mobile charges
  

The Money Box Saving Challenge, IFA value for money and the monster shock bill victory.

First broadcast: 26 Jan 2013

• Claiming back for unused gift vouchers; Would you punch your PIN into a salesman's smartphone?
  

Claiming for unused gift cards, putting your PIN into a salesman's smartphone, and more.

First broadcast: 19 Jan 2013

• On the trail of a missing insurance policy
  

How to find lost insurance policies; state pension reforms; new inflation index explained.

First broadcast: 12 Jan 2013

• Hundreds of thousands not told of child benefit cuts, and how to cash in on cashback
  

Personal finance news. Paul Lewis asks why thousands are not told of child benefit cuts.

First broadcast: 05 Jan 2013

• Personal Finance Look Ahead
  

Paul Lewis and guests look ahead to 2013 - house prices, investing, income and the economy

First broadcast: 29 Dec 2012

• Package accounts - is the end now? Carbon discredits. The taxman cometh...not. When you can and can't cool off
  

Packaged accounts, carbon discredits, the taxman cometh not, and cooling off.

First broadcast: 22 Dec 2012

• O2 price rises and Asda credit cards
  

O2 price rise, Asda credit cards, Repeat payments, Lloyds TSB & Co-op, Council Tax Benefit

First broadcast: 15 Dec 2012

• Autumn statement; landmark shake-up for investors; plastic rights and wrongs
  

Paul Lewis and guests on the Autumn Statement, financial advice and credit card rights.

First broadcast: 08 Dec 2012

• How to escape carmageddon, wine woes, free tax refunds that cost and no-frill flight fees
  

Paul Lewis on carmageddon, troubles for wine investors, airline costs and tax rebates.

First broadcast: 01 Dec 2012

• Fuel poverty, Choosing your PIN number, The Great Pension Debate and How to change a Bin Laden
  

Fuel Poverty, PIN woes, the pension time-bomb and how to change a 500 Euro note.

First broadcast: 24 Nov 2012

• CPP, roaming costs, charges on income funds, a pre-pay card for kids
  

Banks criticised after CPP fine, mobile roaming, investment funds and cash cards for kids.

First broadcast: 17 Nov 2012

• Orange 'free' offer, income investing and internet shopping
  

Paul Lewis on Orange broadband deal row, the risks of bank transfers, and income investing

First broadcast: 10 Nov 2012

• Child Benefit, Car Insurance and Pension Projections
  

Paul Lewis on child benefit, car insurance auto-renewal complaints, and Comet customers.

First broadcast: 03 Nov 2012

• PPI Cold Callers
  

Taking on the cold callers, and your love and the tax man. Presented by Ruth Alexander.

First broadcast: 27 Oct 2012