Money down the drain?
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah discusses rising water bills, and the FCA's new fraud-checker. Further from home, Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets President Xi Jinping in China.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. However, and maybe I'm biased, |
| 0:27.9 | it's really all about the traitors uncloked. So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and |
| 0:32.6 | podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:39.6 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:41.5 | Sir Kistama has told President Xi he wants a more sophisticated relationship with China. |
| 0:46.9 | They've finished their meeting in the last half hour. |
| 0:49.4 | We will bring you the very latest. |
| 0:51.6 | Tesla reports its first drop in annual revenues. |
| 0:55.9 | It drives towards a brave new world of AI and robotics. Inflation-busting water bills will be landing on our mats from April, |
| 1:01.4 | so why are consumers being asked to turn on the tap? And we'll be talking about this record-breaking |
| 1:06.9 | British artist. Watermelon sugar high. Oh yes. |
| 1:13.1 | Harry Seals will play 12 nights at Wembley Stadium later this year. |
| 1:16.8 | We'll hear why that might be a boost for grassroots music. |
| 1:20.1 | Wake Up to Money with Felicity Hannah. |
| 1:23.0 | Very good morning to you. |
| 1:24.6 | Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Thursday the 29th of January. It's four minutes past five. |
| 1:30.4 | Oh, there is so much to squeeze into the next hour. We'll be talking about everything from international trade to the price of what comes out of your tap. |
| 1:39.0 | But there is always time to squeeze in your messages. So do get in touch with me this morning. |
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