The Mouthy Money Podcast

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Government considers putting National Insurance on landlord rents

Landlords could soon have to pay National Insurance on rental payments they receive for properties.…

Retail investors could soon have bitcoin ISA access after regulator ruling

Retail investors in the UK could soon have bitcoin ISA and pension access after the…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves pulls a pint. She is in charge of taxes in the UK such as inheritance tax.

UK inheritance tax take reaches fresh high of £6.7 billion

The UK Government collected a new record £6.7 billion in inheritance tax during the 2022-23 tax year,…

Two medical workers perform a procedure on a patient while wearing PPE. The NHS pension age is aligned with the state pension age.

This NHS pension age revelation has blown up our financial plans

With NHS pensions back in the news, Mouthy Money decided to look at how the…

A female medical worker sits on a sofa looking tired. Maybe she's been thinking about how the NHS pension works for too long

How the NHS pension works

NHS pensions don’t work the same as normal private pensions. Here’s what you need to…

HMRC refunds £49 million in overtaxed pensions

HMRC refunds overcharged pensioners £3,800 on average after first-time pension withdrawal overtaxation Pensioners have been given…

Cash ISAs surge on Rachel Reeves allowance crackdown threat

Savers are ploughing money into cash ISAs thanks to the threat of a crackdown on…

Month: December 2016

2017 New Year

Welcoming in 2017: we’ll take a cup of kindness yet

2016: Brexit. Trump. Syria. Yemen. Attacks. Cuts. The rise of fascism. All the lost icons. …

Budget Hotel

Budget hotels: does ‘no frills’ mean ‘no thrills’?

I’m currently staying in a Premier Inn, and I’m loving it. The purple neon and budget status…

Clothes Shopping

Why I will probably never stop buying clothes

Anyone who knows me knows that I love my clothes (almost as much as my…

Tampon Tax

The autumn statement: what it means for our tampon tax

A couple of weeks go, our dear chancellor, Phillip Hammond, produced his autumn statement – AKA ‘the…

Curly Hair

Curly hair: how much does it really need to cost?

It is an old adage that goes, as so many know, ‘the grass is always…

New Year Finances

New year, new finances

As I go in to maternity leave number two, and as the New Year approaches,…

Ethical Christmas

Ethical Christmas gifts: kind on the wallet and the conscience

Christmas is right around the corner and, for some people (those less organised than me),…

New Year Spending

Mouthy no Money: my new year’s resolution

Last week I worked 60 hours. The week before I worked 80 hours. The two…

Borrowing Lending Money

Borrowing and lending money: the dos and definite don’ts

To quote Bill Shakespeare (or one of his characters, at least) ‘neither a borrower nor…

Charity Christmas

It’s a #GiveOrGift kind of Christmas

Christmas is a time for giving, right? A lot of work places celebrate the festivities…