Money Box by BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Business
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This week marks 10 years since a landmark shift in the way we could all use our pensions. Back in the Spring of 2014 the then Chancellor George Osborne announced plans for new freedoms, allowing people over the age of 55 to take 25 per cent of their pension tax-free and use the rest as they wished. What impact did that have?
Hundreds of survivors of economic and physical domestic abuse have been helped by a new scheme set up by one of the UK's biggest banks. TSB's "Flee Fund" was launched just over a year ago to offer financial help to people trying to escape abusive partners. Dan Whitworth reports from Preston.
There was a rare U-turn from HMRC this week. On Tuesday it announced it was planning to close its self-assessment phone helpline for six months of every year. The tax authority said it wanted people to use a chatbot and access its online services instead. Then, just over 24 hours later, HMRC changed its mind and halted those plans. It says its "listened to the feedback and is halting the helpline changes as it recognises more needs to be done to ensure all taxpayers’ needs are met, whilst also encouraging them to transition to online services.” What does that mean?
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Jo Krasner Researchers: Luke Smithurst, Eimear Devlin and Sandra Hardial.
(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 23rd March 2024)
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1206 - Pension Freedoms and Flee Funds Sat, 20 Apr 2024
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1205 - Money Box Live: Mortgages and Debt Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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1204 - Crypto-Related Fraud and Mortgage Arrears Sat, 13 Apr 2024
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1203 - Money Box Live: childcare Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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1202 - Financial Abuse Thu, 04 Feb 2021
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1201 - MBL: Fraud Wed, 03 Feb 2021
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1200 - Self-employment income support scheme discrimination claims Sat, 30 Jan 2021
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1199 - Travel Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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1198 - Students left without access to student finance Sat, 23 Jan 2021
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1197 - MBL: Leasehold Reform Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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1196 - Getting your credit balance back from your energy supplier Sat, 16 Jan 2021
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1195 - MBL: Cryptocurrencies Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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1194 - Brexit and your money Sat, 09 Jan 2021
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1193 - Financial Education Thu, 07 Jan 2021
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1192 - A vision of our financial future Sat, 02 Jan 2021
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1191 - MBL: Charity fundraising Wed, 23 Dec 2020
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1190 - Regulator "flawed approach" to minibond firm Sat, 19 Dec 2020
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1188 - MBL: Shared Ownership Wed, 09 Dec 2020
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