Episode February 17, 2017 48 min 57s

The three events that could bring about financial misery for millions

From This is Money Podcast This is Money

It’s the Holy Trinity of money-geddon (to mess up a couple of Biblical metaphors). But this could be big.

We’re less well off than in 2008, prices are going up and wages aren’t.

This adds up to trouble.

The British economy is based on us all spending money on services but it’s increasingly money we haven't got.

Join Georgie Frost, Rachel Rickard Straus and Simon Lambert for a cheery look at what lies ahead now that the impact of austerity, inflation and the devalued pound is becoming clear.

Also, on the show…

SAVE GOODBYE: The only place to get a savings account remotely worth saving money into is likely to be with a bank you’ve never heard of.

STOPPING SHOPPING: The Government has mucked up business rates so seismically that many shops are likely to shut down. Surely a u-turn is the only hope.

POUND ROUND-UP: Round pound coins are being killed off. If you’ve got a jar full at home you need to spend them now.

DEAD MEAN: First they made disabled people pay for tax cuts of the rich and the crimes of the bankers, now the Government is hacking away at a financial lifeline for bereaved parents. It’s not civilised.

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