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This is Money Podcast

What you need to know about money each week and what the news means for you, from the UK's best financial website.

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Can consumer power help the planet? Green investing, eco-travel, electric cars and your own back yard

Can consumer power help the planet? Green investing, eco-travel, electric cars and your own back yard

It's fair to say environmental issues have moved to the forefront of the agenda in recent times – a large chunk of house... Read more

23 Aug 2019

26mins

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Steve Webb pensions special: our panel answers 12 of the best questions submitted by readers

Steve Webb pensions special: our panel answers 12 of the best questions submitted by readers

Are you trying to save for retirement, make the most of your income in old age, navigate the state pension maze, or just... Read more

9 Nov 2018

57mins

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What would you do with a life-changing sum of money?

What would you do with a life-changing sum of money?

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... Read more

20 Jul 2018

37mins

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Has Santander signalled the end of current accounts with benefits?

Has Santander signalled the end of current accounts with benefits?

Santander is to cut the rate of interest customers can earn with its 123 current account. It will mean one of Britain's... Read more

17 Jan 2020

56mins

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Everything you need to know about savings - and why you should ditch the big banks

Everything you need to know about savings - and why you should ditch the big banks

In part one of two This is Money podcast specials, we tackle savings. When savings are mentioned, the first thought that... Read more

25 Jan 2019

55mins

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Everything you need to know about buying a home

Everything you need to know about buying a home

Buying a home, whether it is your first-time or not, can be a daunting experience. From the initial hunt trawling throug... Read more

24 Aug 2018

30mins

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Are tax returns too taxing - and could you not know you need to do one?

Are tax returns too taxing - and could you not know you need to do one?

Are tax returns too taxing, why did new overdraft rules backfire, are challenger banks biting and what are the cars that... Read more

24 Jan 2020

51mins

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How to start investing or become a smarter investor

How to start investing or become a smarter investor

Investing has proven to be the best way to beat inflation and grow your wealth over the long-term, but how do you get st... Read more

1 Feb 2019

50mins

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Does loyalty pay? As Nationwide axes its savings rewards and Tesco brings in paid-for Clubcards, we take a look

Does loyalty pay? As Nationwide axes its savings rewards and Tesco brings in paid-for Clubcards, we take a look

What's the difference between loyalty and inertia? Do we get too little reward for the former and show too much of the l... Read more

25 Oct 2019

53mins

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What exactly is Help to Buy? (Podcast cut)

What exactly is Help to Buy? (Podcast cut)

On Budget day, March 2013, Chancellor George Osborne launched a scheme intended to help first-time buyers but was descri... Read more

3 Oct 2018

11mins

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The Budget, the base rate cut and the stock market crash

The Budget, the base rate cut and the stock market crash

Well, what a week. We've had a Budget, a 0.5 per cent base rate cut and stock markets going haywire thanks to coronaviru... Read more

13 Mar 2020

1hr 4mins

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The next financial crisis is inevitable - isn't it?

The next financial crisis is inevitable - isn't it?

In part two of this week’s podcast, Georgie Frost, Rich Browning and Simon Lambert discuss the inevitability of another ... Read more

17 May 2017

19mins

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Upsize, downsize: Is swapping your home ever a good idea – and what are the pitfalls?

Upsize, downsize: Is swapping your home ever a good idea – and what are the pitfalls?

Much is made of the difficulties faced by first-time buyers to get onto the property ladder, but less talked about is th... Read more

14 Jun 2019

39mins

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Big energy firms including British Gas to bump up prices for millions - it's time to fight back!

Big energy firms including British Gas to bump up prices for millions - it's time to fight back!

British Gas have revealed this week that more than four million households face a 5.5 per cent bill increase from the en... Read more

13 Apr 2018

36mins

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What's gone wrong for fund manager Neil Woodford and retail mogul Sir Philip Green?

What's gone wrong for fund manager Neil Woodford and retail mogul Sir Philip Green?

It's been a rocky week to say the least for Britain's most recognisable fund manager Neil Woodford – he suspended tradin... Read more

7 Jun 2019

47mins

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Self-employed workers could soon see incomes hit thanks to tax changes – will you be one of them?

Self-employed workers could soon see incomes hit thanks to tax changes – will you be one of them?

Changes in tax rules that will be introduced next year could hit the income of anyone who's self-employed - such as IT e... Read more

2 Aug 2019

49mins

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Is it possible to help the planet and save cash – and would a Prius make you happy?

Is it possible to help the planet and save cash – and would a Prius make you happy?

We haven't glued ourselves to train carriages, politician fences or the London Stock Exchange. No, this week's This is M... Read more

26 Apr 2019

47mins

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What would you teach a student about money?

What would you teach a student about money?

What would you teach a student about money? It’s almost time for a fresh year of students to start university and as the... Read more

7 Sep 2018

40mins

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Motoring special: Buying electric cars and are insurers gaming drivers?

Motoring special: Buying electric cars and are insurers gaming drivers?

What’s the best new or used electric car on the market, would buying your insurance on the day you need it drive up the ... Read more

8 Nov 2019

41mins

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Will investors benefit from Woodford being axed and what happens next?

Will investors benefit from Woodford being axed and what happens next?

Neil Woodford's Equity Income Fund, which has locked in investors' money since June, will never reopen – the star fund m... Read more

18 Oct 2019

49mins

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