How rich do you’re feeling – and would a £100k wage now not make you wealthy? This is Money podcast

On Dec 9, 2024

Updated: 09:39, 9 December 2024

How much spare cash do you have to spend? A new index shows we typically have £836 in disposable income each month.

That’s the amount of money you have left over to spend or save after taxes and bills have been paid, according to comprehensive research.

This week, Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce talk income and ask… does a £100,000 annual salary really not make workers feel wealthy anymore?

The annual list of happiest and unhappiest towns to live in Britain has been released, with Slough in Berkshire being labelled the most miserable. Is that a fair tag for any town?

Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time. It soared in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.

So, have the crypto evangelists been proved right, can you still make money from bitcoin and what other coins are worth looking into?

Lastly, wood stoves are back in the news. What are the rules around them – and are they really a polluting menace?

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