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"Debt’s a tough subject — but it’s time we talked. With the cost of living crisis biting and big changes shaking up the debt world, Debt Talk dives into the heart of it all. From collectors and enforcers to lenders and advice charities, we’re bringing real voices and raw stories to the mic. Let’s break the silence, challenge the system, and find out what support really looks like when debt hits home."
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S4E6 Debt Talk: Wars & Our Personal Finance
With major wars unfolding globally, including the most recent tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the USA, the impact is being felt far beyond the countries directly involved. Even here in the UK,…
S4E5 Debt Talk: Council Crisis & Resilience Funds
As April 2026 begins, local councils across the UK have already set their budgets and secured funding to support financially vulnerable communities. In this episode of the Debt Talk podcast with your…
S4E4 Debt Talk: January Financial Planning
January is hard.The celebrations are over, the bills have arrived, and for many of us, savings have quietly disappeared. As we wait, often painfully, for the next pay cheque, January becomes the…
S4E3 Debt Talk: Financial Abuse & Our Communities
As we move into the next episode of the Debt Talk podcast, Financial Abuse & Our Communities, we do so against the backdrop of growing public concern about domestic abuse in the UK, particularly…
S4E2 Debt Talk: The Cost of Digital Inclusion
In this month’s Debt Talk podcast, Ripon Ray explores one of the most pressing challenges in modern Britain: the real cost of digital inclusion. As technology becomes central to everyday life, what…
S4E1 Debt Talk: The Cost of Housing
Welcome to Debt Talk, with me, your host Ripon Ray. Today, we’re diving into one of the most urgent social policy challenges of our time — the cost of housing. To unpack this complex issue, I’m…
Debt Talk: Poverty & Black History in Britain
As we leave the summer of 2025 behind and step into October, we enter a month that is unapologetic, bold, and powerful: Black History Month in Britain. This is a time to honour struggle and triumph,…
S3E11 Debt Talk: Cars & their Costs
In this month’s Debt Talk podcast, we discuss: Cars & Their Costs.To explore the topic, Ripon Ray speaks with:Alison Tooze, from the British Association of ParkingSam Nurse, CEO of Money Advice…
S3E10 Debt Talk: Crypto, Digital Assets & Gambling
Once an unknown territory, crypto and other digital assets have now become part of everyday life in Britain — and across the globe. On this episode of the Debt Talk podcast, Ripon Ray explores the…
S3E9 Debt Talk: Family Planning, Divorce & Debt
According to UK government data for the year ending 2023, there were an estimated 2.4 million separated families and 3.8 million children living in those households. More than half of divorced…
Debt Talk: Foodbanks & the Welfare State
6% of UK children now rely on foodbanks. What does that say about the state’s responsibility toward children and other vulnerable members of society? Is the current welfare state fit for purpose? Or…
S3E8 Debt Talk: Insecurities of being self employed
Just over 13% of the UK population are self-employed. Is being self-employed the way forward or are we forced to take the path in some sectors? In this month’s Debt Talk podcast, Ripon Ray spoke with…
S3E7 Debt Talk: Prison & Council Tax
Imprisonment is an option for many councils in England to enforce council tax debt as a last resort if residents are wilfully refusing or are culpably neglectful to pay. On this month's Debt Talk…
S3E6 Debt Talk: Credit ratings & debt
Consumer credit data held by credit reference and other organisations have become an essential part of the financial market, both in lending and borrowing and debt collection to make the financial…
S3E5 Debt Talk: January blues
January is a month of cold weather, dark mornings, and possible failure in our New Year resolutions, which combine to create a perfect recipe for ‘January Blues’. To understand the cause of such…
S3E4 Debt Talk: Christmas festive worries
As we head towards this winter and people begin to prepare to celebrate Christmas festive period, lenders start to lend more than in other periods of time and customers borrow more; many no doubt…
S3E3 Debt Talk: Financial exclusion & lending
Globally, Britain has a two-tier system: a thriving financial services sector on the one hand but millions of people who cannot access essential financial services on the other. Would the current…
S3E2 Debt Talk: Pensioners & winter fuel payment
As the winter unfolds, there is going to be an inevitable increase in fuel bills due to the high usage of gas and electricity especially for those who are on prepayment meter. During this time, the…
S3E1 Debt Talk: Indebted with buy now pay later products
One of the important changes in the last decade is the rise in the consumption of products and services on Buy Now Pay Later, as many low-income households are using these products to buy household…
S2E12 Debt Talk: Carers & benefit overpayment
Thousands of unpaid carers have been fined due to falling foul of earnings rules in the UK. Some of them also faced prosecution. The Department of Work and Pension (DWP) is recovering the overpayment…
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