Does the Premium Bonds charge rise imply it’s best to stick cash in them? This is Money podcast

NS&I has just boosted the Premium Bonds underlying rate again to its highest level in nearly two years. 

The odds of winning are better too, with more £50,000 and £100,000 prizes to boot.

More than 22million of us hold Premium Bonds but after years of being beaten by the best savings accounts, are they suddenly looking like a good option again? 

And why raise the rate at all? Lee Boyce, Georgie Frost and Helen Crane discuss.

11.34: Imagine you bought a house years ago, pay your mortgage every month… only to discover the Land Registry still hasn’t registered it in your name.

It could mean you can’t remortgage and subsequently out of pocket. We discuss a case where this happened, why and a deluge of cases we are hearing about.

20.54: Inflation is heading the wrong way again – up from 2.6 per cent to 2.9 per cent in July, largely thanks to higher energy costs. What does that mean for base rate?

Energy bills are likely to head higher still, with forecasts of another rise price cap rise in October. Is it time to fix?

29:11: And finally, plug-in solar panels can be legally sold from next week. But before we all rush out to buy them, we explain what you need to know…

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