Student loan confusion

Payments are deducted from graduates' salaries

Money Box was broadcast on Saturday, 26 October at 1204 GMT on BBC Radio 4.

Student loan confusion

New rules governing the repayment of student loans mean graduates can only get an accurate figure of how much they owe once a year.

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Student loan confusion

Pension wind ups

£800m of members benefits is lost as final salary pensions schemes are wound up, according to new research.

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£800m lost in pension wind-ups

Carers' benefits

New rules for claiming Invalid Care Allowance will enable people over 65 to claim for the first time - unless they also receive the full state pension.

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New rules for carers' benefits

Extended warranties

As the Office of Fair Trading urges shoppers to think carefully before taking out extended warranties, we look at the alternatives.

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OFT appeal to consumers

Q&A: Extended warranties

Money Box survey of electrical goods

Multiple and single appliance cover

Household contents insurance cover

Manufacturers' cover

Split caps and zeros

The Financial Services Authority has stressed that it was never given what can be termed a 'warning' from the Guernsey regulator about the systemic risk of splits.

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Split caps inquiry moves on

Q&A: What are split caps and zeros

Producer: Jennifer Clarke
Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Jessica Dunbar