Q&A Special: Beat the bill rises, ISAs, Car financing, Pension tax, Premium Bonds, Child Trust Funds and more
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 789 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
You ask, Martin answers. A must-listen at this crucial time of year. Martin and Adrian go through the big questions from you as a number of big changes come into force. Plus you tell us about customer service done well, and Adrian tackles a mastermind on credit scores. You can email the podcast team via [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast. |
| 0:09.8 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:11.5 | Usually much of it comes from a BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Charles. |
| 0:15.1 | Today, though, Adrian and I are doing a podcast special. |
| 0:19.0 | In today's pod, well, I've got my brown trousers on, as it's an |
| 0:22.5 | Ask Me Anything Q&A special. I'll be answering on how to beat the water bills hikes, energy hikes, mobile |
| 0:28.7 | hikes, broadband hikes, council tax hikes, and more, because you're asking lots of questions. |
| 0:32.8 | No wonder those bills are going up a lot. Plus, there's questions on the ISA deadline, pension tax, car insurance, |
| 0:40.5 | child trust funds, and I might even provide answers too. And I'm even asked about pensions for kids |
| 0:45.7 | and if anyone really wins a million pounds on premium bonds. This week's tell us, when has a firm |
| 0:53.3 | gone above and beyond? |
| 0:55.1 | Who gave you outstanding customer service? |
| 0:57.3 | What did they do and why was it so special? |
| 0:59.6 | Let's shine a light on those who get it right. |
| 1:03.6 | And this week's mastermind is all about credit scoring. |
| 1:07.4 | Play the theme tune. |
| 1:11.5 | I got meals. I got to pay. So I'm going to make sure everybody is. |
| 1:30.8 | Let's start off in one of the highest court in the land. |
| 1:32.5 | Is that right? What's happening there? |
| 1:33.5 | Yes, indeed. |
| 1:38.5 | So we have a car finance case going through the Supreme Court this week. |
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