It's not all Brexit... what does the UK election mean for your money?
This is Money Podcast
This is Money
4.1 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Brexit this, Brexit that but what about the other stuff we need to worry about.
Britain soon gets to vote in another election and inevitably the campaigns surrounding it will be about Brexit.
Before you get bombarded with those, this week’s This is Money podcast looks at why Theresa May has even called another election and what that decision means for the economy, the pound and investors?
Yet this election should not just be about Brexit, there are other things to consider too. This is Money’s Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, join Georgie Frost in the Share Radio studios to discuss what they might be.
So, if that canvasser rings the doorbell asking for your vote, we run through some of the things from the world of money that you may want to ask them about. (And if Simon’s MP Jeremy Corbyn does come round to ask for his vote, he promises to ask him these questions and report back on the replies.)
It’s not all about Brexit and it’s not just about then election though. This week, we also talk about why household debt is worrying the FCA and our banks, the secrets Lee uncovered behind the scenes at Costa coffee’s roaster and small cars for big people.
Find out everything you need to know about money this week and what it means for you by listening to the podcast. And if you like it please share it – and also leave us a review.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Money, brought to you in partnership with NS&I, giving you 100% security for your savings. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to This Is Money show in partnership with NS&I. I'm Georgie Frost, and in studio with me. If this is Money editor Simon Lamber |
| 0:21.1 | and Consumer Affairs editor Lee Boyce to round up the week's top stories they've been covering |
| 0:25.8 | on their award-winning website this week. And it's hi-ho, hi-ho, it's back to the polls we go. |
| 0:32.4 | I have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election. |
| 0:39.8 | I welcome the opportunity to put the case to the people of Britain to stand up against this government and its failed economic agenda. |
| 0:46.0 | I think it's really confusing. There's too many of them. |
| 0:48.1 | Sometimes you think, well, shall I bother to go or not? You're confused, didn't you? |
| 0:52.7 | It would probably help find you what we were voting on. |
| 0:54.9 | Well, this is where this is money comes in. |
| 0:56.8 | The June 8th general election being billed as the Brexit election. |
| 1:00.6 | But Simon argues, well, there's far more at stake than that. |
| 1:03.4 | He'll arm us with some money questions that we should put to those MPs who want our vote. |
| 1:08.4 | Also say Britain's bungling broadband giants shamed by the minnows. |
| 1:12.4 | People are often frustrated with poor speeds and connection dropouts, |
| 1:17.2 | but actually it's the woeful levels of service dealing with concerns and complaints. |
| 1:22.3 | It's not just with our broadband providers we're being urged to shop around. |
| 1:25.8 | We'll be revealing where in the country is being hit the hardest by energy price hikes |
| 1:29.8 | and what you can do to keep the cost down. |
| 1:32.3 | And we'll also be looking at when it doesn't pay to shop around and ask, |
| 1:36.0 | is the personal loan market broken? |
| 1:38.5 | From a credit company's perspective, if they see lots of these appearing on your file, |
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