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The Martin Lewis Podcast

A Tell-Us your to need knows special: Inheritance tax, Pension savings, debt pecking order, life insurance, compound interest.

The Martin Lewis Podcast

BBC

Business

4.2789 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Martin answers your Money Saving and financial questions on topics such as inheritance tax, how much to have in your pension, debt pay off pecking order, life insurance, how interest payments work, cash ISA rules, car finance and even the tax arrangements of Father Christmas.

There is also a Mastermind looking at credit card interest repayment.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.8

Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast.

0:08.8

I do wonder what that's going to be about.

0:11.0

Now, usually, much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Childs,

0:15.7

but instead of being live with him on a Thursday, this week, we met up on a Wednesday

0:20.3

to do a podcast-only program. Yes,

0:24.3

I should cocoa. It's just for you because I wanted to do a tellers special. Today's podcast

0:31.6

is all about your questions. I asked you what money-saving or financial questions would you

0:36.8

like me to answer before Christmas?

0:38.9

What's playing on your mind, or don't you understand that you'd like a little bit of help with?

0:42.8

And you got back in droves to ask about inheritance tax, how much to have in a pension, debt payoff pecking order, life insurance, how interest payments work, cash-eiser rules, car finance in 20 words,

0:55.5

even what are Father Christmas's tax arrangements, and a whole lot more. It's a huge,

1:02.1

smelly, poopery of fiscal facts and fun. Plus, a back to basics on consumer rights, so you're tooled up this Christmas.

1:12.8

And the money mastermind, the last of the year, is all about credit card interest, and it's a gooden.

1:18.6

Play the theme tune.

1:22.3

I got meals. I got paid.

1:26.5

Someone going to talk about Christmas.

1:30.3

I want to talk about Christmas consumer rights? Well, it is because it's Christmas, Adrian. Well, suggest that because it's Christmas. You want to talk about

1:44.8

Christmas consumer rights? Well, it is because it's Christmas, Adrian, but not for the reason that

1:49.2

you're thinking. Now, many people will know that for years I've campaigned about unnecessary

1:53.9

Christmas presents, tip for tat giving that fills landfill and means many people end up with tat.

1:58.7

So thinking of ways that don't cost money and things

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