Do you have a question about saving and investing for children? Whether you’re interested in easy access, regular savings accounts or thinking of stocks and shares, our panel will be ready to help on Wednesday’s Money Box Live.

Whatever your question, e-mail [email protected] now and please include a phone number if you’d like to take part in the programme.

Joining presenter Charmaine Cozier are:

• Chartered Financial Planner Claire Walsh

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier

Four energy companies go bust in a fortnight. Gas and electricity prices set to rise by 12% for millions of customers. And there are warnings of energy shortages this winter. What can consumers do to protect themselves?

There has been a rapid growth in the number of young people who appear to be laundering money through their bank accounts for criminals.

And a bank offering special deals for students turns down one eighteen year old because her credit score is only ‘good’.

Presenter: Paul Lewis

Many workers send a share of their wages abroad to support loved ones financially, a responsibility they may or may not be able to shoulder.

In this episode Joice Etutu explores the aspirations of those supporting family overseas plus the emotions, pressures and difficult questions that arise. What is the right amount of money to send, how do you choose between competing requests, what personal sacrifices do you make and where do you draw the line or say no?

We’d love to hear your personal stories, views and experiences so please get in touch if you’d like to take part, e-mail [email protected] or Tweet @moneybox

Presenter: Joice Etutu

Thieves are going after the millions of pounds being handed over to people reaching the age of 18 from their Government-sponsored Child Trust Funds. Why are there not more effective, targeted fraud warnings?

The unemployment rate among young black people during the pandemic was more than three times higher than the rate for white people of the same age. This week the Government was grilled over what's been described as a 'shocking inequality'.

And mortgage interest rates hit record lows with more than 120 offers below 1% but only those with equity or savings already can get them.

Presenter: Paul Lewis

As students across the UK set off for university, we’re taking a look at the big student money dilemmas. E-mail [email protected] with your experiences, ideas and questions now.

Money Box hears from the successful businessman who had half a million pounds stolen in three months through a Bitcoin fraud. He wants to warn people that "if it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone" Plus we speak to cyber security expert Lisa Forte about how to help protect yourself when investing in cryptocurrency.

Buy Now, Debt Later - how spreading the cost of buying could lead to being chased by debt collectors. A report by Citizens Advice says 10% of BNPL users end up being chased by debt collectors.

And the Teacher’s Pension Scheme demands thousands of pounds back from a pensioner on benefits even though its error led to her being overpaid.

Presenter: Paul Lewis

Covid has been an economic crisis as well as a health emergency.

In this four-part series Felicity Hannah meets families, businesses & local councils whose lives and fortunes have been changed completely by the pandemic.

This week, in the final programme, she chairs a discussion looking at what Covid will cost the nation’s economy with panellists Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist, Institute for Government, Lord Jim O’Neill, former Conservative Treasury minister & John Gathergood, Professor of Economics at Nottingham University.

Producer Smita Patel

Covid has been an economic crisis as well as a health emergency.

In a new four-part series Felicity Hannah meets families, businesses & local councils whose lives and fortunes have been changed completely by the pandemic.

This week, she meets the leaders of three local councils – Wirral, Lancashire and Newcastle - to find out what Covid has done to their budgets and how that will hit their communities. We hear how some councils saved money because families were too scared to send elderly relatives into care homes, while most faced huge extra costs and have struggled to recoup income lost through local lockdowns. How will they cope as they face a £3 billion funding gap over the next few years?

Producer Helen Grady

Covid has been an economic crisis as well as a health emergency.

In a new four-part series Felicity Hannah meets households, businesses & local councils whose lives have been changed completely. Who are the winners and the losers of the pandemic?

This week she travels to Manchester to meet three very different businesses who have experienced the financial highs and lows of the Covid crisis. From a small booming online enterprise to an iconic music venue which saw sales disappear overnight and a large construction company which, despite having to cut jobs, has carried on building.

Producer Smita Patel

Covid has been an economic crisis as well as a health emergency.

In a new four-part series Felicity Hannah meets households, businesses and local councils whose lives have been changed completely. Who are the the winners and the losers of the pandemic?

This week she travels to Stoke on Trent to meet two households who have experienced the financial highs and lows of the Covid crisis - Katie, a self employed piano teacher and a single mum of four, and Tyler, in his early twenties, who lives at home with his parents. Both have had their lives transformed due to money matters.

Producer Smita Patel