This is Money Podcast

Lloyds Bank, the bank that built its recent reputation on a massive mis-selling scandal, maybe at it again with the launch of a hard sales drive called Labrador. Meanwhile, Sky is hiking its customers’ line rental fees again. This is Money editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to look at this and more of the week's money news. Also in the conversation are:The true state of our finances Help on understanding pensionsHow to top up your pension if you think you might live until you're 100Interest rates? Will they ever go up? Yes, they surely will. But when?How to lose £1,000s with a sort code A new car app for people with poor memory A new buy-to-let warning And the health benefits of living without joyless and sentimental tat#money #cars #apps #pensions #KonMari #banks #misselling #buytolet #rates #lloyds #sky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the agenda This is Week The Lloyds Banking Group shares sell-off at a 5% discountThe Government's house building plans The effects of withdrawing tax credits from the low paidFines for parents taking children out of school Tesco profits Unclaimed loyalty pointsDo people understand their mortgages?Cheap train fares The interminable interest rates rise debate Silly car insurance claims with This is Money Editor Simon Lambert, Deputy Editor Adrian Lowery and Share Radio presenter Sue Dougan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'This is outrageous,' says This is Money editor Simon Lambert on the compulsory line rental fee buried in the small print. #virginmedia #broadband #phone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As property gets increasingly out of reach for all but the average oligarch, the experts head out across the country to locate regions that may still be of interest to homeowners. Our property hotspots story has been a big talking point this week. This is Money's Rachel Rickard Straus and Simon Lambert join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss this, Corbynomics, the Volksvagen diesel scandal and investing in small business.#homes #property #investing #buytolet #corbynomics #diesel #business Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a good thing but, oh boy, it's complicated. The This is Money team discuss the new 5p bag tax and how it applies to fashion and fish to gussets. With Georgie Frost and Annie Weston of Share Radio #bagtax#carrierbags Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Money editor Simon Lambert runs through who might be affected by changes to buy-to-let tax announced by Chancellor George Osborne and due to come into effect in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick overview of the economic ideas of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with Tanya Jefferies, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost. #corbynomics #corbyn #QE #labour #money Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week will go down in history as the one Volkswagen got found out.Doctoring emission tests on its diesel engines will cost the car company billions of pounds and cause untold damage to the reputation of Germany as a maker of trustworthy things.Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss whether this scandal could go as far as killing off the diesel engine.Other legends and lies on the agenda are... The return of the highwayman - yes, really - as a new type of crime hits our streetsBritain's household debt is simply unaffordable - so when will our love affair with credit end?When is a plastic bag not a plastic bag - a new tax that is surprisingly confusingJust because you're old and own an expensive house doesn't mean you can downsize And wouldn't it be funny if a bank paid more interest the more people liked its Facebook page? Well it's here. #vw #volkswagen #diesel #facebook #debt #crisis #legends #lies #downsizing #bighouse #highwaymen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine. You go into a shop, you're greeted with a smile and a warm welcome by someone who understands the products on sale, who is genuinely pleased to help you, who is paid well and looked after by the company they are working for. Well imagine no longer, this actually happens right now - sometimes - in the UK. This week, the team from This is Money join Georgie Frost at Share Radio to pore over the latest customer services league table. A shop, Lush, is at the top of the pile. Still on customer service but at the relegation end of the league, we discuss shoddy service offered by the energy companies and the news that Morrisons is having to shut some of its supermarkets.Meanwhile, Lidl announced it will pay its staff a decent wage. Santander is upsetting customers with a huge increase to its current accounts fees.There's look at the horrific state of household debt - why not rename credit cards, debt cards? And a funny look at the mistakes people make on their CVs.Enjoy. We did.#shopping #work #pay# service #customers #lush #firstdirect #santander123 #morrisons # pensions #scams# #lidl #debt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rolls-Royce edition.What's so special about a £250,000 Rolls-Royce? We asked the luxury car maker to explain the appeal of its new Dawn convertible and tell us more about its Made in England success story.The somewhat less salubrious subject of how to beat cold callers is also on the agenda this week, as Simon Lambert, and Rachel Rickard Straus, of This is Money, join Georgie Frost in the Share radio studios for the weekly whip through the money news.We ask why people wouldn't sell their own homes to save £7,000 over a High Street estate agent and take a look at whether the new national Living Wage is a good or bad idea.Oh, and there's a new Bentley 4x4 too - which readers aren't quite so sold on.Listen to the This is Money Show and please subscribe and leave us a review if you like it.#RollsRoyce #BentleyBentayga #coldcallers #LivingWage #bestbanks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.