Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Willpower Detectives: 2. A Trust Betrayed
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Willpower Detectives: 2. A Trust Betrayed
Maisie was struggling to cope and thought giving someone control of her finances would help: she later regretted signing that Power of Attorney order and tells Sue Mitchell why.
The hidden scandal of Power of Attorney - Concerned neighbours ask Sue Mitchell for help.
Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. In this series, BBC investigative reporter Sue Mitchell explores a widespread business practice where some people are moved out of their homes and left with no idea what is happening to their money.
It often involves people with little or no family to ask questions about where they are moved to, or to challenge the fees involved. It can be people who’ve accumulated wealth over a lifetime, whose assets are now helping to fund those who are taking decisions for them.
Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.
Presented by Sue Mitchell
Produced by Sue Mitchell, Joel Moors and Winifred Robinson
View all episodes
By BBC Radio 4
5
2020 ratings
Maisie was struggling to cope and thought giving someone control of her finances would help: she later regretted signing that Power of Attorney order and tells Sue Mitchell why.
The hidden scandal of Power of Attorney - Concerned neighbours ask Sue Mitchell for help.
Giving someone else control of your finances and decisions – through Lasting Power of Attorney – is meant to come with a guarantee that they always act in your best interest. In this series, BBC investigative reporter Sue Mitchell explores a widespread business practice where some people are moved out of their homes and left with no idea what is happening to their money.
It often involves people with little or no family to ask questions about where they are moved to, or to challenge the fees involved. It can be people who’ve accumulated wealth over a lifetime, whose assets are now helping to fund those who are taking decisions for them.
Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.
Presented by Sue Mitchell
Produced by Sue Mitchell, Joel Moors and Winifred Robinson
More shows like Shadow World
View all
File on 4 Investigates
38 Listeners
The Audio Long Read
832 Listeners
The Slow Newscast
167 Listeners
The Story
261 Listeners
British Scandal
2,461 Listeners
The Lab Detective | Tortoise Investigates
3,417 Listeners
The Coming Storm
512 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,289 Listeners
The News Agents
983 Listeners
Buried
26 Listeners
World of Secrets
948 Listeners
The Gift
50 Listeners
The Rest Is Entertainment
819 Listeners
Intrigue
172 Listeners
The History Podcast
26 Listeners