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Oct 2023
28m 26s

Money Box Live: Pensions, Actually

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

This week we're talking about pensions for the next generation and taking your questions and comments.

Writer and director Richard Curtis is with us to consider why green investments could be the key better engagement when it comes to young people.

Also joining us, Sophie Smith, News Editor of Pensions Age and Helen Morrisey, Head of Retirement Analysis from Hargreaves Lansdown.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Sarah Rogers Researcher: Luke Smithurst Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast, 3pm on the 13th September, 2023)

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