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Money Box: Money Box Live: Christmas Spending and Scams

Money Box Live: Christmas Spending and Scams

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Money Box Live: Christmas Spending and Scams

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas or are you already in the red?

Felicity Hannah discusses how to make the most of your money this festive season, and scams to look out for.

This week we're tackling the cost of the festive season and looking at how to avoid scams. 

The cost of Christmas is up almost a quarter over the last three years according to the The Centre for Economics and Business Research.   What can you do to keep costs down?

And as figures from UK Finance, the trade body for banks, suggest nearly £100m will be stolen from around 200,000 people through fraud and scams over the Christmas period we'll discuss what you can do to avoid them.

With Felicity Hannah today to go through your questions and comments we have Sarah Pennells, consumer finance specialist at Royal London and 
Professor Sharon Collard, Research Director at the University of Bristol's Personal Finance Research Centre.

We'll also be hearing from Paul Askew a chef and the owner of the Art School restaurant in Liverpool and he'll be giving us some tips on how to cut the cost of Christmas Dinner.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah
Producer: Sarah Rogers
Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Kath Paddison
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 3pm Wednesday 13th December, 2023)

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