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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: Underpaid state pension scandal update alongside the future of pensions and green bonds

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: Underpaid state pension scandal update alongside the future of pensions and green bonds
Yet more people caught up in the underpaid state pension scandal have been unearthed by This is Money – and tragically, in the two cases we highlight this week, they weren't alive to see justice. Two bereaved daughters received sums of £42,000 and £71,000 because their mothers were underpaid state pension for more than a decade before dying in their 90s. The payouts are all thanks to the intrepid work of investment and pensions editor Tanya Jefferies and our pensions agony uncle Sir Steve Webb. They join deputy editor Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost to talk about these latest cases, and what it means in terms of inheritance tax and care fees – could you, a family member or friend have been caught up in the scandal? We also talk about pensions in more details – do you know what yours is invested in and what it's worth? It will matter even more than usual if the Chancellor gets his way and taps into our retirement pots and parcel it out to fast-growing businesses, transport projects, real estate and carbon-friendly investments. We also discuss the new green savings bonds from NS&I: how long is the term, what's the rate and just how green are they? There's a chink of light for easy-access accounts and if you leave Georgie and Lee to organise the podcast, they will inevitably add a section in about sport - we talk about this booming trend during Euro 2020.
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Tanya Jefferies, Sir Steve Webb


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Simon Rose

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Prospects for the UK market 5 years after the Brexit vote

Simon Rose
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Prospects for the UK market 5 years after the Brexit vote
Russ Mould, Investment Director of A J Bell, looks at the performance of the UK market in the 5 years since the EU referendum vote, finding its performance poor against all major markets. He feels, however, that might be about to change with aggregate profit estimates being significantly increased in the past three months alone. He is particularly optimistic if growth and inflation surprise on the upside.
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russ mould


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: de Gaulle was right all along, reflections on post-communist Europe and GB News

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: de Gaulle was right all along, reflections on post-communist Europe and GB News
5 years on from the EU referendum, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University asks if General de Gaulle was prophetic in realising that the UK would not be a good fit for the European Community. He considers how Brexit is changing the balance of economic power. 30 years since he arrived in Slovakia as adviser to the Prime Minister, Tim reflects on post-communist Central Europe and why tensions are mounting between the EU and Hungary & Poland. And he looks at the launch and impact of GB News.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Fast & Furious 9, Supernova & In The Earth

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Fast & Furious 9, Supernova & In The Earth
James Cameron-Wilson celebrates a Pandemic box office record, with Fast & Furious 9 taking over £6m in the UK over the weekend, a film he found hugely entertaining despite its preposterousness. In at #8 is Supernova, a road movie with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci in the mould of The Father, which slipped down the charts. Outside the top ten he was impressed with the Ben Wheatley horror pic In The Earth, filmed in just 15 days in lockdown on an estate near Henley.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying cars, data voids, a balloon ride to space & a laptop shade

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Flying cars, data voids, a balloon ride to space & a laptop shade
Steve Caplin, Share Radio's tech whizz, discusses with Simon Rose problems with the NHS app as well the tourists charged over £2,000 for visiting Brighton Pier. He tells of a new flying car in Slovakia, how Google is warning users of "data voids", how Lego is making bricks from recycled bottles, how you can ride in a balloon to the edge of space (for $125,000), the glasses that simulate a 140-inch screen and the crowd-funded device enabling you to use a laptop outside.
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Steve Caplin


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Bezos, Musk, and the Race for Space

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Bezos, Musk, and the Race for Space
Nike just does it, Google delays removing cookies, Visa makes a big buy, Peloton ventures into wearables, Accenture surges on earnings, and FedEx stumbles. Motley Fool analysts Andy Cross, Emily Flippen, and Jason Moser weigh in on those stories and share a couple of stocks on their radar: Virgin Galactic and FactSet. Plus, Washington Post space reporter Christian Davenport talks Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the business of space
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Christian Davenport


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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: The stamp duty race to avoid a double false economy.

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: The stamp duty race to avoid a double false economy.
Home buyers are engaged in a last minute race to beat the stamp duty deadline – with some facing a potential double false economy. House prices have bounced over the past year meaning that the £15,000 maximum saving of a year ago would now come on a property that potentially costs £50,000 more. That has led to claims of a false economy, but it would be doubly so for any buyer who then missed the deadline too and ended up with an extra £12,500 tax bill, as they only get the tapered bit of the stamp duty holiday - not the whole thing. Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert look at the last minute stamp duty rush and what might happen next to the property market, with Simon outlining that it’s not just a tax cut driving the pandemic boom. At the other end of the property ladder, the team look at how to make sure you don’t end up paying off a mortgage in retirement and what you can do if you are approaching your pension years or in them with a home loan still to clear. It’s likely that those borrowers could face higher rates than the rock bottom mortgage ones now too, but will rising inflation send interest rates up sooner than people think? Meanwhile, what can a new £50 note and what happened to the value of the last one introduced in 1981 tell us about inflation? And why is continental Europe so much happier about taking big notes. And finally, if you wanted to beat inflation, you wouldn’t usually buy a nearly new car; but there are some now six-year-old motors out there that have held their value better than others and amazingly some that are worth more now than they were in 2018. We reveal which.

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Adam Cox

The Hypnotist: Muscle

Adam Cox
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The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist: Muscle
Adam Cox has designed this session around building muscle mass - not reducing body fat. He focuses on being resourceful for having the mind-set to succeed, ensuring your protein diet is appropriate, and targeting key muscle groups with exercises 'out of the comfort zone'. And he refers to a useful app to help you get you underway.

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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: How easy is veteran re-assimilation in a modern society?

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: How easy is veteran re-assimilation in a modern society?
Adam Cox is joined by the Director of military recruitment agency, Ex-Mil (https://www.ex-mil.co.uk), Jean-Claude Hedouin, to discuss veteran re-assimilation for Armed Forces Day. They look at some of the key attributes military personnel possess that make them so essential to society and debunk some of the myths and stigmas about ex-military personnel.
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Jean-Claude Hedouin


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Motley Fool Answers

Motley Fool Answers: When and How to Get Financial Advice.

Motley Fool Answers
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Motley Fool Answers

Motley Fool Answers: When and How to Get Financial Advice.
Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. How can you find a professional who works on your terms, and at a reasonable price? Sean Gates of Motley Fool Wealth Management joins us to discus the choices.
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Sean Gates


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