The average person in the UK earns … yeah, we just teased you with that, but who doesn’t want to know if they’re doing better than the person next door? In this episode we talk with Timi Merriman-Johnson, an author, creator and founder of Mr MoneyJar, a financial education charity, to get under the bonnet of wealth gaps - averages, gender, ethnicity - and to lay out some key steps to help you climb the ladder. 

This episode was recorded in October 2023. The data we reference may have changed.

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