Moral Money
Money makes the world go round, but it also starts a lot of fights. Join some of the Telegraph's top journalists as they step in to referee.
Episodes
Your new financial agony aunt podcast: Money Confidential with Katie Morley
Introducing a new podcast from The Telegraph: Money Confidential! Katie Morley, The Telegraph's Consumer Champion, has won back £10 million in compensation for readers. Now, she's hitting the road for a brand new podcast, Money Confidential, to hear directly from you. Would you let your grown-up child move back home and not pay rent? Is it fair for your richer siblings to go skiing
Flying business class and boomerang children
In the series finale, Matt, The Telegraph’s legendary cartoonist, joins Sam and Lauren from the personal finance team to advise two readers wondering how much to spoil their children.Up first: Matt finds little sympathy for a reader tempted to leave their kids in economy while they travel in luxury. And the trio weigh up the pros and cons of charging older children rent.Plus, ahead of series two,
Accepting dirty money and selling an ex’s Rolex
You’ve been given a life-changing sum of cash from a relative, but you think the way they made it is immoral. Do you take it or leave it? This week personal finance journalists, Lauren Davidson and Sam Meadows are joined by The Telegraph's Associate Editor, Camilla Tominey to debate just that. And they reach a rare point of agreement. Plus - in a Moral Money first - the team discusses one-nig
Fiddling work expenses and rewarding children with cash
Who better to debate the ethics of spending company money than one of the journalists who broke the MPs’ Expenses Scandal in 2009? This week, Lauren and Sam are joined by The Telegraph’s longest serving reporter, Chief Political Correspondent Christopher Hope. The trio help a reader who regrets lying to their boss about drinks bought on the company card — plus father-of-three, Chris weighs in on
Haggling on holiday and one wife’s secret cash stash
If you don’t ask, you don’t get. But what if you do ask, you do get, and the other person loses out? And is that what happens when comparatively wealthy Westerners barter abroad? This week, The Telegraph’s straight-talking Deputy Comment Editor, Lucy Denyer joins Sam Meadows and Lauren Davidson from the Personal Finance team to answer one reader’s query about whether it’s ok to ask for money off w
Never tipping and £80 trainers for four-year-olds
Do you ever feel like the “discretionary” service charge doesn’t feel very “discretionary”? This week The Telegraph’s Special Correspondent (and former waiter), Harry de Quetteville joins Lauren Davidson and Sam Meadows from the Personal Finance team to dig into the moral implications of not leaving a tip. And one of our hosts has a big confession from their time working in a café as a teenager.Pl
Flatmates you didn’t ask for and meddling grandparents
Bryony Gordon joins Sam and Lauren from The Telegraph’s Personal Finance team to help two readers who think they’re being hard done by. First up: flatmates. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them —but what can you do when your flatmate’s boyfriend has all but moved in, but refuses to pay rent?Plus Bryony has some rather unsympathetic words for a reader whose parents think they can have a sa
Legally avoiding tax and telling your dad to stop squandering your inheritance
It’s legal, but is it moral? Investing in an ISA is considered sensible tax avoidance, but do we cast putting property in your spouse’s name to lower your tax bill in the same light? This week on Moral Money, Lauren Davidson and Sam Meadows from The Telegraph’s Personal Finance team are joined by star columnist, Janet Daley to debate just that. And there’s no sitting on the fence here.Plus, they a
Gaming the state school system and asking a 17-year-old for cash
Money. It’s one of a few topics that you’re told to avoid in polite company. But The Telegraph’s personal finance journalists, Lauren Davidson and Sam Meadows, aren’t polite company. Join them and special guest Tim Stanley as they unpick two thorny financial problems sent in by readers.Up for discussion: Is it OK to game the state school system by buying catchment-area property? And can you a
Introducing Moral Money
Do you have a friend who never pays their share of the bill? Or are your parents wasting your inheritance on flash cars and Caribbean cruises? Or maybe you're considering taking a pay cut to spend more time with your kids. Frank conversations about money can be awkward. But this new podcast is here to do the hard work for you. Think of it as the ultimate guide to what's ok - and what's not - in th
