This is Money Podcast

By This is Money

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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July 26, 2025 When will you be able to retire... and will it be with a state pension?
A stark warning has been sounded that the state pension age could have to rise to 74 for those under-30s.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies' pronouncement in the same week that the government announced a state pension review set the cat amongst the pensions.
But would Labour - or any party - really hike the state pension age that high? Wouldn't it be political suicide and spark protests in the street?
The IFS warning hinged around the triple lock and balancing the books, but it's clear that the risk of the state pension age rising from its current timetable's maximum 68 is high.
On this episode of the This is Money podcast, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert, discuss what could happen to the state pension, when we might be able to retire and what we all need to do to get there.
Pension saving is also under the spotlight and the team discuss how to make the most of your work scheme or a Sipp.
Plus, a double tax hit on inheritances is on the way, as pensions are pulled into the net. Does the government need to change tack rather than plough on with a levy that will reach 64 per cent for many affected?
The FTSE 100 finally broke through 9,000 this week, is 10,000 on the cards and why is the UK stock market doing well?
And finally, buy and hold is the traditional investment mantra, so why does one bitcoin expert say you shouldn't do that and should trade it instead?
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44min
July 18, 2025 Mortgage help or mortgage madness? What six times salary loans will mean
How do you solve a problem like high house prices without sinking the economy?
That's a conundrum that's kept politicians and central bankers awake at night for years. Now there's a new plan. Rachel Reeves unveiled a push for bigger mortgages this week, with the backing of the Bank of England, financial watchdogs, banks and building societies?
Protections in place since the credit crunch-induced crash will be swept away.
Are we forgetting the lessons from the financial crisis or adjusting the rules to meet a world that's different?
On this podcast, Georgie Frost, Tanya Jefferies and Simon Lambert talk bumper mortgages and what next.
Plus, the Chancellor has more plans, to get people investing, support the stock market and fire up the economy, will they work?
As the FTSE 100 flirts with a close above 9,000, is it time to buy British?
And what do you need to know about paying inheritance tax rather than the usual topic of avoiding it?
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1h 3min
July 11, 2025 Has the cash Isa been saved for good... or is a cut still coming?
The slashing of the cash Isa was considered a nailed on certainty in next week's Mansion House speech, but now it seems Rachel Reeves has had a change of heart.
So, has the cash Isa allowance been saved for good, or is this just a victory for now - before the axe falls in the Budget?
On this episode of the This is Money Podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce discuss what next for the cash Isa and whether there was any merit in plans to cut the allowance.
Plus, why has Nvidia become the world's first $4trillion company, is it still worth investing in and have you got any chance of finding the next stock market superstar before it takes off?
Should you combine your finances with your partner's and reveal all to them.
And finally, it's the polarising question of our times: are you for or against Ring and other video doorbells?
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59min
July 04, 2025 One year in... has Labour been a success for our finances?
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59min
June 28, 2025 Is it time to dump your Premium Bonds?
The nation's favourite savings product has just got a little less generous.

The prize rate on NS&I's supremely popular Premium Bonds will be slashed from 3.8 per cent to 3.6 per cent from the August draw - the fifth cut since March 2024.

On this week's podcast, Helen Crane, Tanya Jefferies and Georgie Frost discuss why Premium Bonds are the Marmite of the savings world, and ask whether the latest cut will prompt devotees to jump ship.

We also look at where else they could stash their rainy day fund - and keep the tax-free benefits.

Elsewhere, the team ask why a Lloyds Bank customer was turned away from the counter when they asked to withdraw £600 in cash - and told they could only do it at the machine outside.

We also hear from a reader who has a moral dilemma. They are having £40,000 of work done on their home, and the builder has asked them to pay in cash.

It seems there may be some creative accounting at work - but our reader hasn't been told that in so many words, and it could of course be perfectly above board.

Could they get in trouble if it does turn out the builder is evading tax? Will the bank ask questions? And can you even take out that much money in one go?

Next, Tanya discusses the latest number crunching which reveals that opting out of your work pension in your twenties, even for five years, could leave you £40,000 poorer at retirement.

With younger people's budgets stretched in many directions, paying into a pension isn't always a priority.

So how can they ensure they save enough for a comfortable retirement, and is it possible to make up for lost time?

Finally, we look at what most people would spend the money on if they received an inheritance - or at least, what they say they would spend it on.

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45min
June 20, 2025 How to sort your finances: From budgeting, to savings and pensions
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1h 7min
June 13, 2025 How would you spend a lottery jackpot?
What would you do with £208million? Ahead of another Euromillions rollover, This is Money spoke to an adviser to those fortunate few who have scooped a jackpot to get some practical tips on what to do if you win big…just in case!

Would friends and family be top of your list when it comes to how to spend it... or something else? Lee Boyce, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost discuss.

Simon turns his focus on The Big Winter Fuel u-turn and the spending review – 'pray for Rachel and all of us,' he says.

We borrowed too much to buy our home - what can we do about our huge mortgage?

And an auction expert revealed the four types of property that savvy buyers are snapping up right now.

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1h 5min
June 06, 2025 How far would you go to avoid your personal tax raid?
Tax is an increasingly taxing subject for many people who feel hard done by as Britain’s complicated system catches them out.

From quirks of the system, such as the 60 per cent tax trap and child benefit removal, to the childcare cliff edge, frozen thresholds, and pensions soon to be dragged into inheritance tax, there’s a whole host of things to drive us mad.

And, it’s getting worse. The Tories and now Labour have both chosen to ratchet up the things that trip people up to raise money, rather than sort out a tax system that most economists say is a total mess.

So how far would you go to avoid your personal tax raid? And is tax changing people’s behaviour? Lee highlights how.

On this podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert dive into how the British tax tail is wagging the dog.

Plus, as the Switch 2 arrives and the video game industry goes from strength to strength, should you invest in video game firms?

How much do you need for a comfortable retirement – and what does that get you?

And finally, you put up an 8 foot fence for privacy, your neighbour has gone from non-plussed to threatening to call the council over a planning breach, what do you do?

The team have some answers.

And for all the listeners that Simon directed to the gem that is the comments section of the story, here’s the link.

> Are we allowed an 8ft fence? Our neighbour says we've broken planning rules
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1h 5min
May 30, 2025 Has Nationwide found a winning formula with its cash bonuses?
Banks have many tricks up their sleeves to try to attract customers and reward loyalty but Britain's biggest building society Nationwide appears to have hit upon a winning formula.
Its Fairer Share payments are back for a third year, with a £100 bonus for qualifying members.
Fairer Share has been credited with helping boost Nationwide's already strong position in the current account market.
The payments were announced as Nationwide posted bumper pre-tax profits of £2.3billion in the year to April, up from £1.77billion last year, after recording its highest ever year for growth in mortgage lending and current account balances.
But not all members are getting a Fairer Share payment and some aren't happy about that. Should they complain? After all, the criteria has been the same for three years now.
On this episode of the This is Money Podcast, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert discuss Fairer Share and Nationwide's success.
Plus, what are rival banks offering customers to tempt them in - and how should you evaluate the perks?
How rich would you be if you'd bought Nvidia shares throughout the last two decades - or if you had a Delorean time machine to jump into and go back and buy some.
Are we reaching the tail end of the low fixed rate mortage borrowers?
And finally, should you let your talkative partner show people round your home for sale... or would it be bettet to let the estate agent do the job?

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1h 5min
May 23, 2025 The great wealth transfer - and to do with a windfall
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55min

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