Fix energy before 10% rise hits? | Council tax warning! | Free £175 bank switch is back
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 789 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s podcast Martin gives his energy tips ahead of the energy price cap on 1 October.
Listeners TELL US about their stock of old stamps that they’re still using ahead of the 22% increase in the cost of standard first-class stamps on 7 October.
And Adrian Chiles attempts his first ever Mastermind – will he have beginners luck?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named |
| 0:07.0 | The Martin Lewis Podcast. I do wonder what that's going to be about. Now, usually much of it |
| 0:13.0 | comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Childs. Yes, it's a new series, we've moved |
| 0:18.2 | slot, and it's now with the West Brom bombshell himself. |
| 0:22.7 | But don't worry, there's bonus money saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners too. |
| 0:27.4 | In today's pod, the big subject. |
| 0:30.3 | Energy bills are going to rise 10% on the 1st of October, so should you fix now? |
| 0:36.3 | Spoiler for many, yes. And can you cut the cost of standing charges? |
| 0:41.0 | Spoiler for many, yes. We talk too about the winter fuel payments and pension credit. Then there's a |
| 0:47.1 | warning for everybody who pays council tax bills. Plus, in the tellers, it's all about the fact |
| 0:53.4 | the price of a first-class stamp is rising again |
| 0:56.8 | by 30P on the 7th of October, so we want to know how much you've saved in the past by stocking |
| 1:03.1 | up on stamps. Some people have made literally thousands of pounds. I've got tips on how to get |
| 1:10.2 | free Coca-Cola and a £70 trip to Paris. |
| 1:12.9 | And it's Adrian's first money mastermind, |
| 1:15.9 | which I'm going to use as a way to tell you about a new £175 of free cash |
| 1:21.2 | you can get in time for Christmas by switching bank |
| 1:23.7 | and you can also get a 0% overdraft with it too. |
| 1:27.2 | There's a lot to do. |
| 1:28.4 | Play the theme tune. I got a man I got a fee I got to feed so I'm going to make sure |
| 1:45.7 | everybody is |
| 1:47.2 | I just love that theme tune |
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