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What burst the bitcoin bubble and could it rise again?
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A year ago bitcoin could do no wrong – now it has slumped to 79 per cent below its peak.

So what went wrong for the much vaunted cryptocurrency?

The mania of a year ago gave way to a bust after Christmas and apart from a few short-lived rallies bitcoin has been mainly on the slide since.

That’s not to say it has no use - the cryptocurrency and underlying technology are fascinating - but just...
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House prices move in an 18 year cycle. That is the theory of Fred Harrison, who used his cycle to forecast the 2008 slump after the financial crisis.

If his theory holds, the housing market will have a short wobble this year and next, followed by a final sharp rise in prices to 2025.

Does that stand up to scrutiny? Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost discuss the 28 year property cycle on this exc...
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Follow the money: Are bank scammers about to be stopped in their tracks?
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This is Money has relentlessly campaigned to fight online fraud – and in a major victory, Britain&#39;s biggest banks are now trialling a new system to trace stolen money. Is the end nigh for scammers?

Editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost talk about bank fraud and our long-running campaign to help protect our readers from the growing crime.

We also talk through new rules to come in early n...
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Steve Webb pensions special: our panel answers 12 of the best questions submitted by readers 
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Are you trying to save for retirement, make the most of your income in old age, navigate the state pension maze, or just feel baffled by some bit of pension jargon?

In the This is Money podcast this week, former Pensions Minister and our regular columnist, Steve Webb, is on hand to help you out.

Editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost are also joined by The Pensions Advisory Service boss ...
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Was that a good Budget – and is austerity really over?
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Is austerity really coming to an end? And are the rich getting richer thanks to the Government?

In the This is Money podcast this week, editor Simon Lambert, assistant editor Lee Boyce and host Georgie Frost analyse the 2018 Budget.

Money for the NHS, little extras for schools, cash for roads, help for the High Street and the baby rabbit in the hat - pulling the rise in the basic and higher r...
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As stock market turmoil spreads across the globe, the advice is to keep calm and carry on, folks.

In the latest This is Money podcast, editor Simon Lambert and host Georgie Frost discuss what&#39;s causing it, how long will it go on for and how concerned we should be.

Because we&#39;re a positive bunch, we also reveal the shares that have rocketed over the last five years, some by more than 1,000 per...
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What can we expect from the Budget and how big a threat are Labour&#39;s tax plans? 
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With this year’s Budget moved to Monday, 29 October, we bring you a pre-Budget special.

This is Money editor Simon Lambert, assistant editor Lee Boyce and host Georgie Frost debate the key areas that might feature in Chancellor Philip &#39;Spreadsheet&#39; Hammond’s tax and spending review.

This includes housing, inheritance tax, pensions and a whole host more, as he tries to find £20billion down the...
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This week, This is Money launched another campaign - and we have the private car parking sharks and the DVLA in our sights.

We talk about the horrific cases of drivers being fined and penalised we have received from readers and listeners so far, ask how the DVLA is able to sell our details on without permission and what can be done about the menace – along with what we want changed.

Elsewhere...
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How a child benefit form can lose you state pension?
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Child benefit and state pension - It’s not the most obvious link.

But if you are a parent who is looking after a child instead of working, you need to register for child benefit in order to build up your entitlement in retirement age.

Austerity swept away the universal child benefit and those households where one parent earns more than £50,000 have to start giving it back until it is removed ...
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What exactly is Help to Buy? (Podcast cut)
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On Budget day, March 2013, Chancellor George Osborne launched a scheme intended to help first-time buyers but was described at the time by This is Money as a &#39;very good day for builders&#39;.

Help to Buy was seen as just another ploy to prop up the UK housing market by helping first-timers borrow even more money to try to enter the housing market.

It came in for flack then and is in the spotlight...
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Can you still make money in buy-to-let? A professional&#39;s tips
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The reports of buy-to-let’s death have been greatly exaggerated. That is the view of one of the few professional residential property fund managers in the UK.

Alan Collett, who runs the Hearthstone fund, believes for the astute investor there is still money to be made from Britain’s homes.

You could answer, ‘well, he would say that’, but for those interested in the property market, his reason...
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As banks went kaput a decade ago, the safety of our savings was thrust into the limelight.

Most had never considered that cash in the bank was at risk and knew little about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. When Icesave blew up a year after the Northern Rock collapse things changed dramatically.

We should all be up to speed now, but how safe are your savings?

On this week’s podcast...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1537548780" data-format="short_date">Sep 21, 2018</span></span>
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The tax trap awaiting Millionaire&#39;s Row – and how to beat it
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What do you do about the looming inheritance tax threat when you live with elderly parents along with your own child and the home is worth nearly £10million – and you want to continue living there?

It sounds like a champagne problem, but IHT does hit ordinary people – including one reader who admits to being relatively cash poor. How can they make sure they aren&#39;t turfed out due to inheritance...
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What would you teach a student about money?
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What would you teach a student about money?

It’s almost time for a fresh year of students to start university and as they find their feet with new friends and a new way of studying they will also face another challenge – being in charge of their financial life.

But we don’t have to send them off ill-equipped to deal with that, a few helpful tips can stop students ending up down to their last ...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1536339483" data-format="short_date">Sep 07, 2018</span></span>
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Would a cashless society work in Britain – or is it a recipe for disaster?
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Established banks, challengers, fintech firms and payments providers – they all have one thing in common: none of them are immune to IT problems, glitches, hacks, meltdowns or customer service failures.

Yet the momentum towards going cashless shows no signs of slowing down - but is Britain ready for it?

In this week&#39;s podcast, assistant editor Lee Boyce along with host Georgie Frost talk abou...
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Everything you need to know about buying a home
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Buying a home, whether it is your first-time or not, can be a daunting experience.

From the initial hunt trawling through property websites, to finally getting the keys, it can be an arduous process with plenty of tricky hurdles to overcome.

In this housing podcast special, This is Money editor Simon Lambert, assistant editor Lee Boyce and host Georgie Frost talk all things property.

We have...
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Why are smart meters being forced on us and are they a waste of money?
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The Government&#39;s £11billion scheme to install 53million smart meters in homes and small businesses by the end of 2020 has been plagued by problems.

Now it appears there may be more hidden nasties. A wireless tech expert says they have the power to take over customer accounts.

In theory, this means suppliers could cut off a household&#39;s electricity or gas without visiting the property, add debt...
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Why it’s time to fight back against parking madness (and how to beat a ticket)
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From pubs to hotels and shops to petrol stations, Britain has gone parking mad.

Private land owners have been signed up across the country by operators, who stick in automatic numberplate recognition cameras and then dish out tickets to motorists who stop there.

We’ve had countless stories of over-zealous fines and this week Lee Boyce revealed how he fought back after he was sent a ticket for...
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Was the interest rate rise a wise move or mistake?
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Interest rates have finally risen above 0.5 per cent for the first time in almost a decade.

The Bank of England has decided that the UK&#39;s economy is healthy enough to finally get above the financial crisis emergency level, but was the hike a wise move or a mistake.

Of those in favour, some have been calling for a rate rise for a long time, others believe we must try to get back to normal befo...
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The summer holiday special: How to get more to spend and be safe
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We’re all going on a summer holiday! Don’t worry, podcast fans, we aren’t really, but we are dedicating this week’s show to the lucky among you who are.

We cover all things money from planning your holiday to arriving back home again.

We talk through what you need to know to make sure you have the best travel insurance while you’re away, to how to pay for things and withdraw cash while abroad...
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What would you do with a life-changing sum of money?
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Working out what to do with a life-changing sum of money is a nice problem to have but that doesn’t mean it’s not tricky.

We’ve all read the stories of inheritances, lottery wins and other windfalls squandered - and even if you have spent a lifetime building your wealth, whether through investing or business, it would still be all too easy to rattle through the cash.

On this week’s podcast, w...
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What I learnt when I wrote my will (Podcast cut)
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In this five minute guide to what you need to think about when writing your will, This is Money editor Simon Lambert explains what he discovered when he wrote his - and the things you need to consider.
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How soon will you be driving an electric car? 
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How soon will you be driving an electric car? The Government laid out its Road to Zero plan this week, adding some detail to previous announcements on how it wants to drum petrol and diesel cars off our streets.

But is there enough in there to show how we will get from electric and hybrid cars currently making up a 2.2 per cent market share to 50 per cent by 2030?

From 2040, new cars running ...
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Are we seeing a shake-up in the savings world? 
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The world of savings could be set for a shake-up when a new player comes to town – Marcus.

Marcus is an online challenger bank and an offshoot of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, and may just put a bit of welcome pressure on rates in the savings market.

But that’s not the only change afoot in savings.

Virgin Money is launching an account where interest is earned in air miles, best-buy...
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Tips to make your home look good and get it sold (Podcast cut)
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If you are selling your home you need to make it look as good as possible.

And that starts before you welcome any potential buyers through the door, as to even get them to consider visiting it needs to look great in estate agent&#39;s photos.

In a world where people go online to hunt for properties, how can you do that? In this excerpt from the This is Money podcast we give sellers some tips to m...
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Would you pay more tax to save the NHS? 
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The National Health Service is 70 years old this year and most of us are proud of the British institution, leaning on it in our times of need.

However, we’re living longer with more complex problems and the service keeps crying out that it needs more money.

Where does it come from? Do we make cost-cuttings or plough lots of money in, do we increase income tax, make the rich pay, or introduce ...
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How to sell your home and get the best price
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What&#39;s the most important thing when you want to move home?

Should you worry more about getting the best price or simply about getting your home sold?

On this week&#39;s podcast we delve into the art of home selling, looking at how to make sure the price is right, whether to do work before you sell, or just a quick spruce up and why what&#39;s happening in the property market near you should be a dec...
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Whatever happened to bitcoin? 
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Whatever happened to bitcoin? After the mania at the end of last year when the price spiked to almost $20,000, the cryptocurrency took a tumble but more noticeably attention has drained away.

You need no greater sign of that than figures showing bitcoin Google searches are down 90 per cent.

That adds weight to the argument that much of the late 2017 big leg-up was driven by mainstream punters...
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What on earth has been going on in Italy and what does it mean for your  money?
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Global financial markets have been flying up and down and all over the place this week and it’s all got to do with one boot-shaped country in the Mediterranean.

Italy has found itself embroiled in a power struggle between Eurosceptic populists – winners of the March general election – and the pro-EU establishment.

The ramifications have spread across the globe and will affect Britons from big...
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What did Charles Ponzi do - and is money flipping the dumbest scheme yet?
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Ever heard of money flipping? It’s a new scheme doing the rounds on Facebook and social media that promises to turn your £50 into potentially thousands.

So how do you do that? Simple really, you pay others to get onto the bottom rung of a pyramid and then recruit more people to move you up a level and get paid yourself.

What makes it so dumb is that it doesn’t even try to have the legitimate ...
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How to buy a home with less than £10,000 - but is a small deposit mortgage wise?
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High house prices mean that the biggest barrier to buying a home in Britain is raising a deposit.

With mortgage interest rates at near record low levels, many would-be homeowners could afford monthly payments - but saving the average £30,000 deposit would take years.

For a lot of first-time buyers that means a trip to the Bank of Mum and Dad, but what if that&#39;s not an option?

It is possible ...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1526657701" data-format="short_date">May 18, 2018</span></span>
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Have you got a pension sorted and are you saving enough?
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You don’t need to spend long reading the news to find a warning that Britain isn’t saving enough for retirement.

But with a little bit of effort it is possible to get saving so that you can enjoy a richer retirement.

On this week’s podcast Simon Lambert, Tanya Jefferies and Georgie Frost discuss how to start a pension, how to improve on the one you’ve got and how to work out if you are invest...
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A top bank has formed a &#39;money mule hunting squad&#39; and is planning to share its secrets with rivals.

How does this scam work and what is being done to fight it? Should banks, universities and schools take more action to prevent young people getting sucked into helping hardened criminals hide their cash?

And as Nationwide starts turning away grandparents trying to deposit cash for their grandk...
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34m
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Should people cash in on their homes to enjoy life or help their kids?
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Should you cash in on your home to help yourself or your kids?

As a generation retires with more money in their houses than the bank, this question will only become more pressing.

And it’s been a topic of much debate on This is Money this week, as we revealed how a new wave of retirement interest-only mortgages could be about to emerge.

Homeowners could use one to have a more comfortable ret...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1524844689" data-format="short_date">Apr 27, 2018</span></span>
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As inflation falls will the base rate now finally rise? 
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What has Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, got to do with long-forgotten television soap Eldorado?

Find out in the latest This is Money podcast, in which editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce discuss the inflation figures out this week and whether they have increased the likelihood of a base rate rise.

Discover why Simon believes raising interest rates wou...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1524243032" data-format="short_date">Apr 20, 2018</span></span>
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Big energy firms including British Gas to bump up prices for millions - it&#39;s time to fight back!
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British Gas have revealed this week that more than four million households face a 5.5 per cent bill increase from the end of May thanks to changes to its standard variable tariff.

Hot on its heels, EDF Energy announced it will be hiking the cost of energy bills by 1.4 per cent for 1.3million customers.

In this week’s podcast, Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce say it is time for people to fi...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1523615944" data-format="short_date">Apr 13, 2018</span></span>
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Will you be a tax winner or loser this year? 
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Good news. Chances are you just got a tax cut.

Well an income tax cut at least, problem is your council tax is likely to be rising and if you are an investor the Government is after more of your dividends, or if you’re a landlord it wants your rental income.

So who are the winners and losers of the new tax year that rolled round on 6 April? And what are the candidates for dumbest bits of Brit...
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How to save enough for a richer retirement
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Building up a pension was once relatively simple, for each year you worked for a company it promised to pay you some money in retirement.

The death of the final salary scheme put paid to that and now most people must invest into a pension instead - with their work helping out.

But while it is tempting to put off a pension and think you have more pressing financial matters to deal with, that&#39;s...
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Property vs pensions: Does buy-to-let still stack up?
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My property is my pension. That was the popular saying when buy-to-let was all the rage and every other person you met fancied their chances as a minor property mogul.

But life has got much tougher for landlords, with a series of tax grabs and tougher mortgage rules hitting.

So does buy-to-let still stack up as a way to build your wealth?

It certainly requires a lot of money upfront, even mo...
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Everything you need to know about Isas
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It’s not long before the door slams shut on your chance to use this year’s Isa allowance.

It’s always best not to leave Isa saving or investing until the last month of the tax year, but many of us will do so.

If you do end up fixing your Isa against the deadline, it’s definitely wise not to leave it to the last week – or even the final few days.

So, here is our special Isa podcast – with a c...
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Will building more homes make house prices cheaper?
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We have a housing crisis. That’s the message, loud and clear, and it was reiterated by the Prime Minister this week.

What’s the answer? Build more homes.

Or is it? Because once you start digging into the subject, this housing crisis is a pretty ill-defined problem - and it’s not clear that a lack of homes is causing the problem of too high house prices.

Many people suspect that actually it’s...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1520616245" data-format="short_date">Mar 09, 2018</span></span>
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Why it&#39;s time to raise interest rates (Podcast cut)
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In this excerpt from the This is Money podcast, Simon Lambert outlines why he thinks interest rates should rise and Rachel Rickard Straus explains why savers need to switch to better deals and not just rely on rates going up.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1520414114" data-format="short_date">Mar 07, 2018</span></span>
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The slow motion crash on the High Street - and what Buffett learnt from his bet
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Toys R Us and Maplin were sunk this week, investors are nervously watching Carpetright and Mothercare, and restaurants from Jamie Oliver’s, to Byron, and now Prezzo are closing their doors.

This week’s shop closures could see more than 5,000 jobs lost.

It looks like a slow motion crash on the High Street.

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