
Poll Started 28th March 2011 Can money be tainted by 'evil'? Can money itself be bad, or is the morality only about what you do with it? Take the following scenario… A nasty dictatorial regime with hideous human rights record offers an international charity £1 billion. The money would feed millions who are starving, save them from malaria, massively improve their quality of life. Should the charity take the money?
27 March 2011

Poll started 24 March 2010: Which newspaper do you buy? So are MoneySavers broadsheet readers or tabloid? Which papers do you buy – we're talking newsprint not online (note this replaces the budget poll now the budget's done) Pick all the papers you buy on a regular basis (for dailies a couple of times a week, for Sundays a couple of times a month)
23 March 2011

Fantasy Chancellor Poll Started 22 March 2011: It's budget week, so we'd like to ask which taxes would bear the brunt of the raises if you were standing in George Osborne's shoes? Please pick at least one, and at most five (note this is far more to gauge attitudes to different taxes than practical revenue-raising choices)
21 March 2011

How high should interest rates be? UK interest rates have been at 0.5% for two years, but calls to raise them are growing. If you were the Bank of England what rate would you set? Beginners' Interest Rates Briefing Increasing interest rates encourages saving and discourages borrowing – both mean people spend less, so money is taken OUT of the economy. As we currently have relatively high inflation (price rises) many believe we should increase rates to smooth demand and slow price rises. Yet if we do that it's likely to slow the economy down for a time, and it's the fact people believe we need growth that's stopped rates rising so far. Balancing the two is the start of the problem. Of course there's a personal finance impact too. While variable rate mortgage holders gain from low interest rates, it's a nightmare for savers – especially elderly people living off the interest on their savings. As you can see it's not an easy job… How high should interest rates be?
13 March 2011

Poll started 08 March 2011: How much should petrol cost? Petrol prices are about £1.30/litre (see cheap petrol), but roughly 80p of this is made of tax and duty, so only 50p-ish goes to manufacturers and retailers combined. Yet remember IF PETROL TAX WAS CUT OTHER TAXES WOULD RISE shifting the burden from motorists to others – and the high taxes are encouraged by greens who believe they deter unnecessary driving. If you were the Chancellor setting petrol prices, what would it cost PER LITRE?
7 March 2011

Poll started 28 Feb 2011: Should women and men pay the same for insurance? Today the European Court ruled that pricing insurance based on gender is unfair discrimination, which could throw insurance pricing into chaos. While sometimes, such as with car insurance, young men pay more due to average behaviour so you could argue "would we allow the same based on race?", at other times, such as term life insurance women pay less as they live longer, so there it's not bias it's biology. Please answer the following question: Is it ok to charge different genders different amounts?
27 February 2011

Poll started 22 February 2011: Should we change the general election voting system? On 5 May the UK will have a referendum on whether we should switch to the the Alternative Vote (AV) system or stick with the current First-Past-the-Post. If the election was today which would you vote for?
21 February 2011

Poll started 15 February 2011: Which is the best/worst customer service bank? Every three months we ask you for your customer services experiences with big banks; it's that time again and we’d love your feedback based on how they've been recently. Please vote based on CUSTOMER SERVICE, not rate, on your MAIN CURRENT ACCOUNT over the LAST THREE MONTHS.
14 February 2011

Poll started 08 February 2011: Should you be allowed to repay students loans more quickly? Under the new student loans system, students' repayments are set at 9% of everything earned above £21,000 (e.g. earn £22,000 repay £90 a year) upon leaving university, and some will pay commercial rates of interest. The govt's currently discussing a ban / extra fees on repaying more quickly as otherwise loans would cost higher earners overpaying relatively less, and wouldn't meet the test of being 'progressive'. Which of these is closest to your view?
7 February 2011
















