This is Money Podcast

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  • 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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  • What the Spring Statement means for your finances

    What the Spring Statement means for your finances
    Mar 28 2025
    Rachel Reeves is back to where she started after the Spring Statement, with her £9.9billion of budget headroom restored but at what cost.
    The Chancellor was true to her word and didn't turn this week's economic update into a second Budget, with no tax changes coming in.
    But a wave of spending cuts was announced, along with growth forecasts going both down and up.
    We also got the Office for Budget Responsibility's update on what Reeves' Autumn Budget tax rises will cost us, a threat to cash Isas and no reprieve for home buyers on stamp duty.
    On this podcast episode, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert dive into the Spring Statement to explain why it happened, what it means and tackle the question of whether taxes are going to have to rise again in autumn.
    They look at the very important assumption being made by the OBR, which if it turns out to be wrong could mean there is a £48billion black hole in the sums.
    And is the entire thing a charade anyway and damaging to our future prospects? Simon explains why he thinks so.
    Finally, campaigners like Gary Stevenson claim this could all be solved with a wealth tax - is that where we will eventually end up?
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    52 mins
  • Rachel Reeves is between a rock and a hard place - will it cost you more tax?

    Rachel Reeves is between a rock and a hard place - will it cost you more tax?
    Mar 21 2025
    Rachel Reeves is due to deliver her Spring Statement next week and it's probably safe to say this isn't the position she wanted to be in.

    After an Autumn Budget that raised spending and hiked taxes while locking the Chancellor in with a new fiscal rule, Reeves would have hoped to arrive in March with better news on the economy.

    Instead, Labour's not-a-tax-on-working-people national insurance hike on employers has backfired, at the same time as the growth forecasts have taken a downturn and borrowing costs have risen.

    So, what will the Chancellor do next week? Will she tweak her own fiscal rule, raise taxes again or cut spending in unprotected areas that are already suffering?

    As Rachel Reeves finds herself between a rock and a hard place, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert look at what could happen in this podcast.

    Plus, what does the Bank of England holding rates and the potential future path mean for your savings and mortgage?

    What should you do to sort your Isa and pension now?

    Can you really give away £1million a year and dodge inheritance tax?

    And finally, the question that anyone like Simon who racks up the odd foreign traffic infraction needs answered, if you get a holiday parking fine, do you have to pay it?
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    59 mins
  • How worried should investors be about the Trump slump?

    How worried should investors be about the Trump slump?
    Mar 14 2025
    Investors this week have been hit by the 'Trump Slump.' Why is the US President rattling markets and is it the end of the US bull market?

    Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss what you should be doing to make your investments great again.

    How will the UK handle potential tariffs, should investors be in panic mode and what do experts say you should be doing to navigate the geopolitical turmoil?

    Pension freedom rules came into play 10 years ago - these allowed retirees to take control of their pension savings, shifting away from the obligation to buy an annuity and moving towards flexible drawdown and investment options.

    So a decade on, how have the class of 2015 fared?

    Nationwide is handing out more money - £600 million of it - to 12million eligible members as a 'big thank you' following its acquisition of Virgin Money last year.

    That’s £50 each. And it’s separate to its Fairer Share Scheme, which will be announced in May.

    And lastly, what can you do if a neighbour cuts back hedges and trees which have given privacy for decades?
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    48 mins

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