Money Box
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Business
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National Insurance - a tax millions of working age people pay on their wages - is being cut this weekend, for the second time this year. The main rate of National Insurance has now fallen by a third - from 12% last year to just 8%. The Treasury says combined with above-inflation increases to personal tax thresholds since 2010, this will save the average earner over £1,500 compared to what they would otherwise have paid. What difference will it make to your pay?
The debt charity StepChange has told Money Box a third of people they helped last year were behind on their Council Tax payments with an average debt of more than £1,700. What can you do if you're struggling to pay?
Plus, changes to Child Benefit mean it will become available to thousands more families from this weekend - how will that work?
Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporters: Sarah Rogers and Eimear Devlin Researchers: Sandra Hardial and Jo Krasner Producer: Craig Henderson Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 6th April 2024)
Previous episodes
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1210 - National Insurance Cut and Council Tax Debt Sat, 04 May 2024
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1209 - Money Box Live: Resenting Renting? Wed, 01 May 2024
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1208 - April Changes: National Living Wage, ISAs and Energy Sat, 27 Apr 2024
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1207 - Money Box Live: How Do Wills Work? Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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1206 - Pension Freedoms and Flee Funds Sat, 20 Apr 2024
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1205 - Money Box Live: Mortgages and Debt Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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1204 - Crypto-Related Fraud and Mortgage Arrears Sat, 13 Apr 2024
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1203 - Money Box Live: childcare Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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1202 - Financial Abuse Thu, 04 Feb 2021
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1201 - MBL: Fraud Wed, 03 Feb 2021
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1200 - Self-employment income support scheme discrimination claims Sat, 30 Jan 2021
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1199 - Travel Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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1198 - Students left without access to student finance Sat, 23 Jan 2021
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1197 - MBL: Leasehold Reform Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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1196 - Getting your credit balance back from your energy supplier Sat, 16 Jan 2021
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1195 - MBL: Cryptocurrencies Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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1194 - Brexit and your money Sat, 09 Jan 2021
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1193 - Financial Education Thu, 07 Jan 2021
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1192 - A vision of our financial future Sat, 02 Jan 2021
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1191 - MBL: Charity fundraising Wed, 23 Dec 2020
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1190 - Regulator "flawed approach" to minibond firm Sat, 19 Dec 2020
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1189 - Rise in complaints about banks to Ombudsman Sat, 12 Dec 2020
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1188 - MBL: Shared Ownership Wed, 09 Dec 2020
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1187 - Fraud victims facing salary deductions Sat, 05 Dec 2020
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1186 - Payment Holidays Wed, 02 Dec 2020
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1185 - Fraud in the Direct Debit system Sat, 28 Nov 2020
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1184 - MBL: What does the Spending Review mean for you? Wed, 25 Nov 2020
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1183 - Parents not able to claim Test and Trace Support Payment Sat, 21 Nov 2020
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1182 - MBL: Record redundancies Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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1181 - Warm Home Discount 'lottery' Sat, 14 Nov 2020
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1180 - MBL: The "excluded" self-employed Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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1179 - Refused a home Covid test Sat, 07 Nov 2020
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1178 - MBL: Can I afford a baby? Wed, 04 Nov 2020
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1177 - The end of furlough Sat, 31 Oct 2020
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1176 - MBL: Lockdown Entrepreneurs Revisited Wed, 28 Oct 2020
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1175 - Tier 3: The last shift Sat, 24 Oct 2020
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1174 - Looking for work Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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1173 - Why can't I get an NI number? Sat, 17 Oct 2020
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1172 - MBL: Mortgages for first time buyers Wed, 14 Oct 2020
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1171 - Airbnb agrees to share tax data with HMRC Sat, 10 Oct 2020
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1170 - MBL: Eviction Bans Wed, 07 Oct 2020
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1169 - City's plan to end poverty in 10 years Sat, 03 Oct 2020
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1168 - MBL: Personal Insurance Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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1167 - Are car warranties worth it? Sat, 26 Sep 2020
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1166 - MBL: Armed Forces Financial Help Wed, 23 Sep 2020
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1165 - Ex-pat bank accounts closed due to Brexit Sat, 19 Sep 2020
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1164 - MBL: Paying for University Thu, 17 Sep 2020
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1163 - Concern over increase in unpaid internships Sat, 12 Sep 2020
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1162 - MBL: Working From Home Wed, 09 Sep 2020
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1161 - The 'lost' Child Trust Funds Sat, 05 Sep 2020