BBC Money Box

Personal finance. Open for scoops and stories or just a chat. Broadcast Saturdays and Wednesdays @BBCRadio4 Email us :- [email protected]

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Thousands of civil servants and teachers face delays getting their pensions.

Capita, which administers them, has said sorry, but long delays persist.

We ask, what's going on?

@Clifton_BrownG and @FranHeathcote join @FelicityHannah.

https://t.co/fDqhurDhmf

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More than 3.5 million cohabiting couples will be given more financial security if they split up under government plans.

So what does that mean for the family home and finances? 🏠💷

@FelicityHannah is joined by @laurasuter and @brabners.

https://t.co/8EowbN52Fv

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With rent, student loans & saving for a home, paying into a pension can seem very low on the list, so how do you save for your future self?

@FelicityHannah is joined by @Sarah_Pennells and @PPI_Research

https://t.co/36l8KEg0eV

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🚰 Hundreds of thousands of people complained about their water bills in the past year, with cost the main issue.

We ask the industry what's going on and answer your questions with @WaterUK and @CCWvoice

https://t.co/Oh7scpYnFc

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Coming up on today’s show:
Workplace pensions
Low income pensioners like Valerie 👇missing out on benefits help
Winter fuel opt out
Mortgages - where are interest rates going?
@paullewismoney on @BBCRadio4 has all the details at 12pm or @BBCSounds

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Hundreds of thousands of older people on low incomes could see their lives transformed by £hundreds a month if they claimed the money off rent or council tax they're entitled to, with @MorganVine_ of @IndependentAge on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

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Borrowing money from friends and family can get complicated. 💷

1 in 4 of us do it, but what are the rules and what happens if it doesn’t quite go to plan?

@FelicityHannah is joined by @MelindaGilesLaw and @StepChange

https://t.co/ZmIA9pAuXd

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LOTS coming up at 12pm @BBCRadio4 with @paullewismoney :
HofL comm investigates poor numeracy costing people £200/year
Petrol prices hit near 4 year high
Happy 50th to tracker investments
Child Trust Funds get @TheFCA investigation… @JessQuayle behind the glass with @bbcdanw

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Money Box Live is back at 3pm @bbcradio4 with @FelicityHannah talking all about the costs of sending children to school.

Listen: https://t.co/meBe60MK9H

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We're back at 12pm with @bbcdanw on @BBCRadio4
with a packed programme:
- A crackdown on rogue bailiffs.
- The bereaved families waiting for money from the Civil Service Pension scheme.
- And new 10p coins – what can you buy with one?

LISTEN 👉
https://t.co/mRbAIAQCYr

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A special Money Box Live with @FelicityHannah coming up - all about how money works when you're in the military. Listen live: https://t.co/3epYFf67Gt

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So @paullewismoney has the last prog of this series 12pm @BBCRadio4:
@JohnHealey_MP new chancellor - what will his policies be?
Water poverty hits 1.8m households acc. to @CCWvoice @bbcdanw investigates
IHT and how to minimise what you pay
Then…. School’s out! Back 29th August!

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@LesTwigg @BBCNews Hi Les - would you be up for speaking to us about this perhaps, if you could email [email protected] we could come back to you next week?

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Coming up with @paullewismoney on @BBCRadio4 at 12pm, a packed show:

State Pension Age Rise with @Debbie_abrahams
Gazundering with @bbcdanw
Air Con Grants with @niamhjournalist

https://t.co/LYxRCQPQBM

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Coming up shortly @FelicityHannah talks Buy Now Pay Later on the day new rules come in to protect consumers using it. Listen live @BBCRadio4
👉 https://t.co/Gv1o2GA71z

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Would you let AI manage your money?💷

What are the risks? 📉
What are the benefits? 📈
And can you trust it?

That’s what we’re talking about on today’s programme with @Ruth__Alexander

https://t.co/vdNSnAYNld

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Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry is not the hardest word for pensions administrator Capita which has more apologies than solutions after it broke a promise to MPs to solve the problems at the civil service pension scheme by 30 June, @bbcdanw on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

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New figures reveal 500,000 people a year say no to joining a workplace pension by opting out in the first month - giving up the free money towards their retirement from the government and their employer, with Matthew Blackstad of @PensionsUK_ on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

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Parliament asked to help thousands of young adults with learning disabilities get access to their own money in state backed child trust funds. They need court permission which can cost more than is in the fund with @bbcdanw and @AndrewofSussex on @Moneybox noon @BBCRadio4

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@MikeSandfo77423 @paullewismoney Hi Carol, would you be willing to speak to us on Money Box? If you could drop us an email [email protected] we'd like to give you a call?