Urgent: beat the energy bills rip off! Are joint accounts worth it, and what’s the best?
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 789 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
After last week’s cold snap, Martin shares his best tips on how to save money on your energy bills, including whether or not it’s worth fixing. In “Tell Us” this week, Martin finds out how people are managing their household finances as well as recommending the best joint accounts. And it’s another round of Mastermind for Adrian, quizzing his knowledge on flight compensation schemes.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.5 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:12.0 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Charles, |
| 0:15.8 | but there's also bonus money saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners. |
| 0:23.6 | In today's pod, energy bills. |
| 0:29.8 | 80% of people in England, Scotland and Wales are overpaying. It only takes five minutes to sort it out. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm going to show you how to do that. Plus, I answer many of your questions on what's going to happen to prices. Should you fix? Spoiler? Yes, absolutely right now. |
| 0:40.3 | Time of use tariffs, the octopus tracker, standing charges, the best tariffs if you've got |
| 0:45.2 | an electric vehicle, and more. It's a must listen for anyone who pays energy bills, which is most of you. |
| 0:51.7 | Then, how should couples manage their money? |
| 0:54.9 | Is it worth having a joint account for bills |
| 0:56.7 | or just one account to rule them all? |
| 0:59.2 | Or should you keep it separate? |
| 1:00.6 | And if you aren't going to have a joint account, |
| 1:02.1 | what are the best ones? |
| 1:02.7 | I'll be running through that for you too. |
| 1:05.1 | And finally, when are you entitled to compensation |
| 1:08.4 | if your flight has been delayed? |
| 1:11.5 | Play the theme tune, Suez. |
| 1:15.6 | I got meals. |
| 1:18.1 | I got to pay. |
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