Money Box Live: How to Handle Global Shocks
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The conflict in Iran has very grave human costs for the Middle East. But it also has economic costs and they are being felt around the world and here in the UK.
Just this week the Resolution Foundation think tank said higher energy bills could mean typical British households are £480 worse off this year. From heat pumps to pensions and solar panels to savings - what changes have you made because of the changing world?
Felicity Hannah is joined by Ian Preston from the Centre for Sustainable Energy in Bristol, Ellen Fraser from the energy consultancy Baringa and Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell.
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: James Graham Editor: Rob Cave Senior News Editor: Sarah Wadeson
(First broadcast 3pm Wednesday 15th April 2026) Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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| 0:30.6 | Hello, the conflict in Iran has very grave human costs for the Middle East, |
| 0:34.8 | but it also has economic costs, and they are being felt |
| 0:37.7 | around the world and right here in the UK. So today the Moneybox Live podcast is going to look |
| 0:42.9 | at how you can protect your finances. Just this week, the Resolution Foundation think tank |
| 0:47.5 | said higher energy bills could mean typical British households are £480 worse off this year. It is |
| 0:54.0 | focusing minds on our homes and our finances. |
| 0:57.0 | So we ask these shoppers in Manchester if they're making any changes like investing in green energy. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm a mum of three young kids in full-time work. So all of my money, I don't have any disposable |
| 1:08.6 | income. Everything goes toward childcare and the things that the |
| 1:10.9 | kids need. It doesn't feel that in my position I have a lot of opportunities to make clever |
| 1:16.7 | decisions to really change that outcome right now. I think at this point, you know, if inflation was |
| 1:21.1 | to climb even slightly higher than it is now, oil prices stayed over $100 and stuff like that. |
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