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🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Martin explains energy meter reading week – key info for everyone who pays energy bills by direct debit, and some on prepay.
The big subject, how to boost your savings. There are five key accounts you need to know about from top cash ISAs, top easy access, the savings account that gives you a 50% boost, and a special deal for Nationwide customer.
Plus caller Carly asks about getting a Lifetime ISA to help her son save to get on the property ladder.
The Tell Us is all about when you prefer cheap, from sausage rolls to bogs rolls we’ve got your answers.
And Nihal makes a cameo appearance, from home on the phone, as he couldn’t miss his last ever money mastermind – will he get it right? It’s all about travel insurance.
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:04.9 | 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. |
0:11.7 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Nahal, Arthur Nyaka. |
0:15.9 | Though sadly, as Nihal is recuperating from a car accident the day before recording, Chris Warburton stepped into the hot seat. |
0:23.8 | Thankfully, Nihal and all his family are okay, and he does pop in as you'll hear. |
0:30.0 | In today's pod, it's Energy Meter Reading Week, key information for everyone who pays energy bills by direct debit and some on prepay. |
0:39.0 | My big subject is how to boost your savings. There are five key accounts all savers need to know about, |
0:46.3 | from top cash isis to top easy access, and the savings account that gives you a 50% boost, |
0:51.7 | as well as a special deal for nationwide customers. |
0:55.1 | Plus, Cawla Carly asks about getting a lifetime icer to help her son save to get on the |
1:00.7 | property ladder. |
1:02.3 | This week's tell us is all about when you prefer cheap, and I mean cheap, from sausage rolls |
1:08.4 | to bog rolls. We've got your replies. |
1:12.3 | And Nihal makes a cameo appearance from home on the phone. |
1:16.6 | As he's leaving Five Live Daily to do a weekend show, he couldn't miss his last ever money mastermind. |
1:24.0 | Will he get it right? |
1:25.3 | You'll see. |
1:26.1 | But the question's all about travel insurance. Play got a feed. So I'm going to make sure everybody is. |
1:48.6 | Let's kick off then with your first bit of advice this week. |
1:52.2 | And as you said, you're calling it Energy Meter Reading Week, aren't you? |
1:55.8 | What should people be doing in this week then and why? |
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