How rich do you feel – and would a salary of €100,000 no longer make you rich? This is the Money podcast

Economy
By Liam

By THIS IS MONEY

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How much extra money do you have to spend? A new index shows we typically have £836 in disposable income each month.

That’s the amount you have left to spend or save after taxes and bills have been paid, according to extensive research.

This week, Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce talk income and wonder… does an annual salary of £100,000 really stop workers feeling rich?

The annual list of the happiest and unhappiest towns to live in Britain has been released, with Slough in Berkshire named the most miserable. Is that a fair label for any city?

Bitcoin reached the $100,000 mark for the first time. It rose dramatically in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election.

So have the crypto evangelists been proven right, can you still make money with Bitcoin and what other coins are worth investigating?

Finally, wood stoves are back in the news. What are the rules around that – and do they really pose a pollution hazard?

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