Finally you can fix your energy bill - but should you? And more…
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Martin Lewis Podcast is here and energy bills are once again top of the agenda.
For the first time in a long time you can fix your energy bills – but the question is should you? At the moment there’s only one company offering a fixed rate but there could be more to come. Martin and Nihal discuss the pros and cons of fixing and whether we really will see our energy bills drop considerably by the end of the summer.
You need to get a move on to claim hundreds of pounds back before the end of the tax year.. There are around 2.1 million couples eligible for the marriage tax allowance who don't get it. It can be worth up to £238 a year – but you can only claim back 4 years so you need to get your claim in before the end of this financial year. Did you have a PPI payout? You're likely due tax back, but go quick. Again you need to get your application in by the 5th April. Plus more tips that you wouldn’t have heard on the radio…
Elsewhere in the podcast, you ‘tell us’ whether you’ve already started your Christmas shopping, and Nihal’s Mastermind question is all about his knowledge of pharmaceuticals…
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Five Live Breakfast. |
| 0:01.9 | Morning, everyone, how are you doing? |
| 0:03.1 | Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:04.0 | Rick and Rachel here with you. |
| 0:05.0 | Each weekday morning, Rachel and I cover everything from the state of British politics. |
| 0:08.7 | To whether technology is ruining football. |
| 0:10.9 | The world is fast moving and can be confusing. |
| 0:13.2 | So let's talk about it. |
| 0:14.1 | In my opinion, it's been all about supporting the football team and where you're from. |
| 0:18.2 | It has got lively. We've been talking about these unidentified flying objects in the skies over North America. |
| 0:23.7 | Can I just make the point that balloons are really hard to steer? |
| 0:27.7 | Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards. |
| 0:30.1 | Five live breakfast. |
| 0:31.8 | Weekday mornings from six. |
| 0:33.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:37.8 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:41.4 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast. |
| 0:46.4 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:48.5 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Nihal Arthur Naika, |
| 0:52.9 | but there's bonus money saving tips just for you |
| 0:56.0 | lucky, lucky podcast listeners. In today's pod, the first fixed energy tariff in a year has launched, |
| 1:04.0 | but should you go for it? Millions are due, urgent tax back. Sometimes this can be thousands of pounds |
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