4.2 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Money Box has found evidence of fraud in the Direct Debit system. We hear how Ursula, pictured with her son Phil, was repeatedly targeted. But how can you protect yourself against this fraud, once criminals use stolen personal details to drain your account? We get insight from Lisa Forte of Red Goat Cyber Security.
Also - young people and hard up families are being priced out of rented homes by landlords asking for six months rent in advance. We hear from Jennie Bibbings of Shelter Cymru and John Stewart from the National Residential Landlords Association.
And a breakthrough for some parents of children with learning disabilities who haven't been able to access their child's savings once they reach 18. Two child trust fund providers, OneFamily and BMO Finance, are defying government guidance and giving parents control of the money owed to their child. Normally parents have to go through a long, expensive process which may cost more than the total invested for their child in the fund. We hear the latest on this good news for some families, but also look at the plight of the many more still stuck with the old system, as their providers hang on for new guidance from the government.
Plus in the Money Box Podcast Extra – the horrific case of a student in Nottingham who was assaulted and robbed – but struggled to be set free from his housing contract to recuperate at home. We hear what students can do if they feel they have to withdraw from their student accommodation contract. You can find details of the National Code for student housing and complaints process here https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code
Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Dan Whitworth Producer: Paul Waters Assistant Producer: Darin Graham Programme Coordinator: Janet Staples Editor: Emma Rippon
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0:43.3 | There's a major breakthrough this week as two providers of government child trust funds |
0:48.3 | are defying the rules to give parents control of the money for 18-year-olds with learning disabilities. |
0:54.9 | An 82-year-old woman has had nearly £1,000 taken from her bank account by thieves using fraudulent direct debits, |
1:02.6 | and a student at Nottingham Trent University, who returned home after he was beaten and robbed near his student residence, |
1:09.5 | was told he must nevertheless carry on paying for |
1:12.0 | it all year. But first, Moneybox has found that young people and hard-up families are being priced |
1:18.4 | out of renting a home by landlords who are demanding six-month rent in advance. Charlotte is a |
1:24.3 | single parent with three children and recently viewed a property with an estate agent in Pembrokeshire. |
1:29.6 | I went to view a rental property that I'd found online through a local agent and was shown through. |
1:36.9 | It was a really nice place. |
1:38.0 | It was in my price range. |
1:39.4 | So I let them know that I'd like to apply for the property. |
1:44.3 | And I was asked if I could afford six months rent up front |
1:48.8 | because landlords are feeling quite nervous about the new COVID eviction laws. |
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