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The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
The Employment Rights Act has been called the most significant change to workers rights in a generation, so what does it mean for your money...
Millions of people in their sixties will now wait up a year longer before they can claim their state pension. From Easter Monday the current...
Making Tax Digital for income tax is HMRC's biggest shake-up of self assessment for decades, but are you ready? The new system will involve...
The cost of filling up your car has risen every day over the past three weeks as the conflict continues in the Middle East. Diesel is now av...
The government has promised more than £52mn to help people in the UK hit by huge rises in the price of heating oil. Around 1.5 million house...
It's been a turbulent week for the mortgage market - as lenders adjusted their rates amid fears of a rise in inflation and what that will me...
Just seven days has passed since the USA and Israel began their attacks on Iran. As the attacks become heavier and more destructive, the rip...
The number of emergency hardship loans issued to former civil servants who are facing long delays for pension payments is "pitiful" accordin...
Claims management firms have been warned by regulators to treat their customers fairly over compensation claims for mis-sold car finance. Th...
How hard is it for young people to find a job and once they do how can they make it pay? Some 16.1% of people aged 16 to 24 are not able to...
The Chief Executive of Capita Public Services has apologised for the serious delays thousands of civil servants are facing simply to get pai...
Mortgages are one of the most important financial products most of us ever come across, but they're also complicated. With more than 7,000 p...
Debt charity StepChange says its research suggests around 2.5mn people who have debt on a credit card have paid more in interest, fees and c...
Student loans and their impact on graduates’ finances have dominated the news recently. The average student debt in England for 2024 graduat...
Billions of pounds is lost each year to fraud, be that by criminals simply stealing someone's money or by thieves tricking victims into givi...
The number of people working past retirement age is growing. New analysis of tax data found a 12% rise over the past five years. It was carr...
The chair of Parliament’s Energy Select Committee has told Money Box it’s “vital” the Energy Ombudsman is given new, stronger powers as quic...
Buying a new car last year increasingly meant going electric. Around one in four new car buyers made that choice with almost half a million...
When it comes to keeping our homes warm nearly all of us rely on just a handful of big energy suppliers. And during the winter, especially w...
There's a topic that often appears in the Money Box inbox, inheritance tax. It's money paid by the estate of someone once they die, as long...
More than 60% of parents who lost their child benefit because the tax office believed incorrectly they'd moved abroad, were in fact eligible...
It's 50 years since the Sex Discrimination Act meant all women could take out mortgages and loans without needing a man to approve it. In th...
"A big change" - that's how HMRC has described a major transformation starting in April, which affects the way sole traders and landlords re...
The creative industries add around £124 billion to the UK economy according to government figures, but for actors, painters, or even influen...
This week the Bank of England cut interest rates to the lowest level for more than two years. The decision to cut Bank Rate to 3.75% came af...
Life can sometimes get very complicated and messy so can our finances, so we're doing something a bit different to our usual Money Box Live....
Sweeping changes to the way investments are recommended across the UK will start in April. This week the Financial Conduct Authority set out...
It’s December, a time of year when there’s pressure to say yes to every night out, buy the perfect presents and spend without really thinkin...
New research suggests there are 6 million children across the UK living in fuel poverty, according to the charity National Energy Action. It...
How much do we really understand about our pay? From frozen tax thresholds to salary sacrifice and minimum wage increases, a number of chang...
The Chancellor announced dozens of changes in the Budget that will affect the money in your pocket from wages and energy bills to savings. M...
For months we’ve heard speculation about what the Autumn Budget might bring - now we know. The Chancellor has delivered her statement, setti...
Money Box takes a special look at how victims of fraud are treated by those supposed to help them in the weeks and months afterwards. How ar...
A record number of households across England and Wales are now getting social tariffs from water suppliers to help cut their bills. Two mill...
MPs on the Treasury Select Committee are seeking answers from HMRC after thousands of parents have had their child benefit stopped because t...
Thousands of people who've paid millions of pounds into an insurance plan they thought would cover their funeral costs face getting nothing...
Inflation may not be in double digits anymore, but it is still almost double the Bank of England's target. That means prices are rising twic...
Lawyers acting for victims of the infected blood scandal have written to the Chancellor demanding urgent action to avoid families and loved...
For some it's the dream, for others it's the plan, for most it's an effort. On this programme we look at buying a first home. It's rarely ea...
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute is warning people to keep a close eye on their bank and credit card accounts after thousands of un...
The government wants more young people to be offered "gold standard apprenticeships". The plan was unveiled at the Labour party conference a...
The Chancellor wants more people to invest in shares, UK companies and infrastructure projects in a bid to boost growth in the economy. Rach...
Money Box Live hits the road and heads to the heart of the City of London for this special programme on investing. We're live at the London...
Cash now accounts for less than 10% of all the retail payments we make. New figures out this week UK Finance, which represents banks and oth...
More of us than ever before have access to private medical insurance. New data shared with Money Box Live shows that more than 8 million peo...
The National Association of Head Teachers has written to the Department for Education demanding it take action to address what it describes...
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are a type of digital money that has proliferated in recent years. They are mostly unconnected to government...
Top lawyers have told Money Box that people across the UK are being misled into paying thousands of pounds for products which they are told...
This week on Money Box Live we're looking at a topic that's very difficult but very important. What happens to your finances when the worst...
New figures reveal that more than a quarter of a million homeowners have temporarily reduced their mortgages payments, or extended their mor...