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The Martin Lewis Podcast

My mortgage meet with the Chancellor, should you overpay? – and travel tips

The Martin Lewis Podcast

BBC

Business

4.4929 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Martin comes to the podcast straight from Number 11 after an emergency meeting with The Chancellor over mortgages.

So Martin talks mortgages rates and whether you should overpay your mortgage with savings or extra cash AND some very important bonus travel tips if you’re planning a holiday abroad.

PLUS Nihal throws a twist in the show with some Mastermind antics and you ‘tell us’ your favourite free activities to do with your kids over the summer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I just didn't want to let my family down

0:01.7

so that's why I sort of like push myself every single day.

0:04.2

Jermaine Defoe, outside the box,

0:06.6

from BBC Radio 5 Live.

0:08.9

Join me for my brand new Flying the World podcast

0:11.0

in my quest to become a football manager.

0:13.2

Just being able to look yourself in the mirror every day

0:14.7

and just be like, you know what?

0:15.7

I did everything right, I didn't cut any corners.

0:18.0

From my roots in East London to 57 England Cups, winning the Scottish

0:21.6

Premier League and everything in between. The gift and the talent, that takes care of itself,

0:25.4

but the hard work and the sort of application, this needs to be day in and day out.

0:29.9

Jermaine Defoe, outside the box. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:40.0

Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin

0:43.7

Lewis podcast.

0:44.8

I do wonder what that's all going to be about, eh?

0:47.4

Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Nihal Arthur Naika,

0:51.8

but don't worry, there's extra bonus money saving tips just for you

0:55.3

lucky, lucky podcast listeners. In today's pod, my meeting with the Chancellor over mortgages.

1:01.3

I told him what I thought they should be doing. Should you overpay your mortgage if you have

1:05.9

any savings or spare cash? How does interest work on joint accounts? I have two urgent early checks for anybody going abroad this summer

1:14.3

and we've got sad farts on the program.

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