Have we come down too hard on buy-to-let? Plus, Rishi the PM vs Rishi the Chancellor

The tense situation between tenants and landlords is escalating: the former have seen rents spiral but the latter have faced a big jump in costs jump too.

Meanwhile regulation has become a bugbear between the two sides, is there not enough of it or too much?

What can be done to improve things in the rental market and have we come down too hard on buy-to-let?

That’s the question asked on this week’s podcast, as Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert debate the problems in the rental market.

But before that, it’s time for Rishi Sunak.

He was once the Chancellor tasked with calming our nerves during the pandemic, but now Rishi is the Prime Minister expected to settle things down after a bout of financial chaos.

Will he be able to pull that off, soothe jittery markets, navigate Britain through a painful cost of living crisis winter, and somehow please the nation while taking money off people instead of dishing it out?

The team look at what Prime Minister Rishi could mean compared to Chancellor Rishi – and what the implications for our finances could be.

Also on the agenda, there was good news for savers from NS&I this week, as rates were raised across the board, but they can get better deals elsewhere, so what should they do? Plus, what can you do to track down old pension pots and why is John Lewis annoying its loyal credit card customers?