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'I spent £350,000 on a helicopter - but there was no room at my house for a helipad!': DJ Neil Fox on how he splashed out when his income took off
The 59-year-old would revamp income tax if he were Chancellor of the Exchequer - making everyone pay the same rate. He has been forced to fall back on his savings in recent months as his work has dried up. 'Dr' Fox presents the Heritage chart rundown on United DJs Radio every Sunday evening - and is married to Vicki, 47. They have three children - Scarlett, 19, Jack, 17, and Martha, 14....read
I invest £1,500-a-month in improving my performance: Rugby star Ollie Thorley tells ME & MY MONEY why he lavished £4,000 on a hobbit hut sauna!
Are your financial woes affecting your mental health? Here's seven things you can do now that will make you worry less about money
TV host has a powerful message for Ministers: Put a black icon on our banknotes says Xtra Factor star Sarah-Jane Crawford
'I started out by selling stockings in a market - aged just 10': Apprentice star Linda Plant made millions after her humble beginning
'I wanted to become a TV vet - but had no idea it meant a pay cut!': CBBC star James Greenwood tells how he broke into television and is now saving so he can start a family
Kajagoogoo star Limahl tells ME AND MY MONEY how he sang for a VERY lucrative supper: 'I earned £9,000 advertising Spam, but was vegetarian'
'I lived in a squat and begged 40p at a station to pay for a Tube fare': Outspoken TalkRadio star Julia Hartley-Brewer is unashamed to confess she once asked strangers for cash
'I gave £50,000 to a financial adviser and he vanished - now I stick with property!' How Cricket World Cup winner Liam Plunkett was caught out
'I'd get £10,000 just to turn up with Kenny Everett and say a few words': Wacky comic's co-star Cleo Rocos reveals how she raked in serious cash
My zoo has lost a fortune - the state pension won't even keep me in rhino feed! Changing Rooms star Anna Ryder Richardson battles to save wildlife park
Television presenter Jenny Powell tells ME AND MY MONEY how she got paid £60,000 for a shampoo advert that was never used
Hi-de-Hi! Former sitcom star Linda Regan tells ME AND MY MONEY her big financial blunder...investing in a chain of sex shops
I would rather have my 007 watch than a pension, says Who Dares Wins star Ollie Ollerton
'I starred in the sexist Yorkie bar ad - and bought a £10k Mini with the proceeds!': Soprano Joanna Forest tells Me & My Money
'I would kick inheritance tax right into touch - it's unfair and wrong': Welsh rugby legend Jonathan Davies in Me & My Money
'You may be in love, but you should always have your OWN bank account': TV host Trisha Goddard on how she's struggled to make ends meet
'Pensions are SO important - I want to start one for my baby and five-year-old': TV presenter Anna Williamson looks to the future after lockdown in Me & My Money
Jockey Richard Pitman once earned the equivalent of £31k for a nine-minute ride but now reveals: 'My No1 aim with money is to leave absolutely NOTHING when I die!'
My mum sacked me from my £60-a-week job, but I once earned £90k in three days: Former Holby star Laila Rouass in Me & My Money
'Pension? I didn't think I'd make it past 40': The Jam star Russell Hastings on why he owns a boat and Porsche but won't touch the stock market
Me & My Money: Escape To The Country's Jules Hudson lost £1,600 to an eBay scammer
'Buying big brands is a waste - you can save a life instead': Ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq on social inequality and anti-consumerism
Dr Michael Mosley has invested his fortune from lifestyle books but he tells Me & My Money: 'I don't check my shares, it would be too depressing!'
'I have a shoe habit and once spent £500 on Gucci sandals': Entrepreneur Julia Hobsbawm on how the coronavirus shutdown is affecting her income
Strictly's Paralympian Will Bayley: 'Getting on the property ladder in Sheffield was my best financial decision - but I don't have a pension'
'The Beatles played music in my house': Johnny Ball on scraping by in the 60s, making big money later on and why he built up a pension
'I bought land at the Great Barrier Reef after a chance meeting': Timmy Mallett on why buying an ice cream changed his life - and investing is boring but essential
Dragons' Den star Levi Roots on his life-changing call...'I knew I'd made it when Sainsbury's told me I was outselling Heinz Sauce!'
Former West Ham star Tony Cottee: 'I lost £150,000 of my pension to a man who's now in prison'
'I couldn't get a job for YEARS after I lost my seat as an MP': Lembit Opik tells how he went from 'financial hero to zero' - and ended up being insolvent
'I kept on paying my mortgage for 10 years AFTER I sold my house at a loss': Actress Joanna Scanlan reveals her biggest money mistake
ME & MY MONEY: Why Mr Motivator gave up on pensions and lives like there's no tomorrow!
'We should not be taxed on something which is a necessity': News presenter Lucrezia Millarini on scrapping VAT on sanitary products - and her investing regret
MP Michael Fabricant confesses: I'd abolish income tax (so now you know why I'll never be the Chancellor!)
'I was paid £45,000 to do an ad for deodorant on TV!' A Place in the Sun presenter Scarlette Douglas on how she earned a deposit for a home in one day
'I was paid just £16,000 to be in the Breakfast Club but it launched my career': Actor John Kapelos in Me & My Money
Saracens' George Kruis: Taking legal cannabis gave me a lift in the World Cup. Now it's my £300,000 business
I spent £50 on Lego for MYSELF - and pretended it was for my daughter: Lucy Porter's life was turned around after shooting a mobile phone advert
'I was so poor my brother paid for my food when I left foster care aged 18': Football star Mark Bright went from poverty to earning £5,000 for a 15-minute speech
'Dad paid me £6,000 and I made him £1M in a year, he was VERY pleased', reveals Nicola Horlick in Me & My Money
'We hid when the debt collector called - I never want to experience poverty again': Alan Johnson turned round his fortunes after grim life in a slum
Holidays are expensive when you have NINE children... ours cost £40k! Helena Morrissey - who was tipped to head Bank of England - on £1m bonuses and not investing enough
A rogue builders' disappearing act cost me my savings, says the man behind Zippy in Me & My Money
Here is my bad news... a 15% interest rate put me in penury with a mortgage NIGHTMARE, reveals TV presenter Alastair Stewart
I'd be on a beach in Barbados right now - if only I'd invested more in my brother David's leisure business, says former tennis star John Lloyd
'I made more money in retirement than I ever did as an athlete': Former sprinter Roger Black on having to sell his house to chase Olympic glory
'I dug graves for £20 a week at a local cemetery': The Young Ones star Nigel Planer went from skeletons and TV to earning six-figure sums in musicals
'TV's Timmy Mallett helped me invest in a pension': Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan on investing since the age of 21
'My house was repossessed before my TV Big Break': Snooker star John Virgo on his financial struggles - and why he'd raise taxes for high earners
We once earned a five-figure sum for playing one-and-half songs: The Jam's Bruce Foxton in Me & My Money
'I laughed when everyone said I got £100,000 for Big Brother... it was much MORE,' says Ann Widdecombe in Me & My Money
I didn't buy A Place in the Sun because I was hooked on shopping for clothes, says TV presenter Sara Damergi
'We want to be the Airbnb of cars': Founder of Car & Away aims to shake up the big rental firms and help you make money from your motor when you go on holiday
We should pay wealthy bosses to come to Britain: John Caudwell - the man who pays the most UK tax - says he wants riches back home and spread around
We earned £200,000 just to sit at home when rain halted a festival! Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham tells of how he escaped being a builder and hit the jackpot
TV and radio star Tommy Boyd: 'I was once paid £10,000 to entertain the King of Brunei's son'
'Diddy' David Hamilton's big luxury: TWO pools so he can swim everyday - broadcaster has a pension and invests, but says nothing can beat bricks and mortar
Sport legend Willie Thorne: 'I've given up gambling but my £1million debts have still left me SNOOKERED'
'Pop Idol helped me pay off my mortgage in a single year - then I got another one': TV presenter Nicki Chapman on money
'Retire? That's a banned word in my house': Sir Vince Cable tells Me & My Money about life after the Lib Dems
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