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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Martin tells you how you can get banks to pay you to switch to their account.
Plus the best way for parents and grandparents to save money for children.
The Tell Us is about the best thing you’ve ever blagged.
And Mastermind tackles the point in life an under 18 starts to pay tax on their earnings.
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:04.6 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast. |
0:09.6 | I do wonder what that's all going to be about. |
0:12.1 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show with Adrian Charles, |
0:16.1 | but don't worry, there's also bonus money-saving tips just for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners. |
0:22.0 | In today's pod, Christmas is coming and many people like to give children or grandchildren |
0:26.6 | money to save. So where's the best place to put it? Top children's savings accounts, |
0:31.6 | junior ISIS, child trust funds, and we talk to a solicitor about when it's worth setting up |
0:36.5 | a trust. Currently, five bank accounts pay you over 150 quid to switch to them, |
0:43.3 | but by this time next week, my bet is there'll only be two of them left, |
0:46.3 | as they're all pulling from the market. |
0:49.3 | So if you want to grab the free cash, this is the moment. Carpay free cash them. |
0:53.3 | I'll run you through all the best deals. |
0:56.0 | Today's mastermind is a taxing question for Adrian. And the tell us, what's the best thing you've ever |
1:03.4 | blagged? We've had people tell us about first-class flights, oasis tickets, hotel stays and more. |
1:09.0 | It's fascinating to see what you all get up to. I got a fee. So I'm going to make sure everybody is. |
1:31.6 | Martin, how are you? Do you know what? I'm actually quite good. I've had, have you ever had a small moment of disproportionate satisfaction? Because I had one about 15 minutes ago. |
1:42.3 | Interesting. I came to BBC Broadcasting House. |
1:45.4 | Now, anyone who ever has ever worked here will know |
1:47.7 | that you have to come in about seven or eight minutes early, |
1:49.9 | especially on a lunchtime period because the lifts are horrendous. |
1:53.0 | When you want a lift going up, all the lifts are going down. |
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