Money for nothing: Is universal basic income a good idea?
Universal basic income is a controversial idea and not just because it's money for nothing.Paying everyone a set amount every month as a baseline level of income has intrigued economists and central b...
9 Juni 202353min
Inflation-busting savings rates of 9% and cash Isas back in the sun as billions pour into them
Forget 5 per cent savings rates. Forget 7 per cent. A new regular savings deal has landed paying a headline-grabbing 9 per cent. But, is it actually a good deal?Saffron Building Society aren't the onl...
2 Juni 202358min
When will energy bills fall, and could the fixed tariff finally be making a return?
We had some good news this week about our energy bills - or did we?Ofgem's price cap is coming down - saving households around £400 a year on average.The last 18 months have been horrendous for househ...
26 Maj 202344min
Should we stop dragging people into tax designed for the rich?
Almost five times as many people will soon be paying 40 per cent tax than in the early 1990s, when it was seen as a tax bracket reserved for the rich, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned this week...
19 Maj 202352min
How high will interest rates go... and why are they still going up?
And there it was, another interest rate hike.Another quarter point move up seems almost commonplace now but cast your mind back to the era after the financial crisis and we had to wait nearly ten year...
12 Maj 202348min
How can we build more homes and make them better?
A row over housebuilding has erupted again.Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he would bring back a 300,000 annual housebuilding target, after Rishi Sunak scrapped it. Meanwhile, some backbench Tory ...
5 Maj 202348min
Home improvement snakes and ladders: How to add value - and how to lose it
Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmediaFollow us on X @dmgnewmediaEmail us hello@dmgmedia.co.ukText us 020 7938 6000.Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen...
28 Apr 202346min
It's got easier to win big on the Premium Bonds but should you invest?
Premium Bonds are a national institution and their prize-giving place in British savers' hearts was only cemented further through the low interest rate years.But now interest rates are on the rise and...
21 Apr 202350min
