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The Martin Lewis Podcast

Preparing for death, divorce & dementia

The Martin Lewis Podcast

BBC

Business

4.2789 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Martin Lewis on why it’s financially crucial to prepare death, divorce and dementia. But don’t be down, there’s also advice on energy, cheap train travel and free beer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

Hello and welcome to the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast.

0:10.1

And unsurprisingly, I'm Martin Lewis.

0:12.9

In this week's show, The 3Ds, Death, Divorce and Dementia,

0:17.6

and How You Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from them.

0:20.5

Plus important information

0:22.1

for bulb customers about the takeover from Octopus. This week's mastermind is all about how you get

0:28.4

cheap loans. Will Nihal get it right? Probably not. And then the exclusive podcast only special

0:35.4

tips just for you. Yep, how to get cheap train tickets in time for Christmas, discounts for NHS workers, and free beer. Did he say free beer? He jolly well did. Let's get on with the show.

0:48.9

I got meals. I got to pay. Someone going to work for everybody.

0:56.9

I got a man. What are we going to be talking about today, my man?

1:13.0

Well, it's going to be a rather unpleasant show. Unpleasant but important. The big subject today

1:20.1

is the unpleasant issues chat. I want to show you how to protect yourself and your loved ones

1:26.7

from the three Ds.

1:29.0

Death, divorce, dementia.

1:32.3

We'll be talking about how to get a will on the cheap, but still solicitor drafted,

1:37.3

which is goal standard.

1:38.9

Key rules if you live together, but if you're not married, what you need to do, because one in

1:43.5

three of us will die with dementia. Power of attorney, often more important than a will in my view. And

1:49.2

crucially, are you hurting your partner by looking after their finances? That's the big topic

1:54.5

today. We're going to try and be straight, blunt, not maudlin and practical because there comes a point in everyone's life, whether it's for you

2:04.5

or your parents, that you need to have this conversation. And that's what we're talking today.

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