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…

Tag: drink

Five restaurants in a day: how one man took on Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme and won

Mouthy Money’s very own EOTHOnaut, Sam Littleworth, recounts his one-day food odyssey through five different…

Cheap and cheerful… but unchilled – the highs and lows of Bringing Your Own Booze

I arrive at Victoria sweating like a Good Morning Britain producer after Richard Madeley’s done…

local market

Eating cheap from your local market

My local market is located in West London on the Portobello Road, which starts at…

Train Prices

Train travel and the expensive extras

I’m making a train journey today (that is, today as I’m writing, not the day…

University Freshers

To freshers and beyond: how to budget at university

Freshers! Well done, you’re about to embark on the most exciting three years of your…

Coffee

Meet the coffee spend-thrift who baulks at 69p apps. Sound like you?

I love a fancy coffee, and think nothing of spending £2-£4 on a cheeky cup…

Marathon Running

Five marathon training tricks for the over-40s

https://youtu.be/8SxXHGjkJe8 I will run my first marathon this October in Budapest, rather than London,…

Water

Weather got you hot under the collar? Five ways to keep cool

So the UK is experiencing a few heatwaves and it’s slowly turning everyone slightly insane.…

Minimalism And Vinyl

Is less more? Why I am joining the minimalist movement!

I recently met up with consumer finance journalist and blogger Michelle McGagh. Michelle is making…

Wedding

How to have the perfect wedding for around £5K (it can be done!)

OK, wedding’s done, all married up and that. It’s taken us about two months to…