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Personal finance. Open for scoops and stories or just a chat. Broadcast Saturdays and Wednesdays @BBCRadio4 Email us :- [email protected]

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There is a LOT going on at 12pm BBC Radio 4 with Paul Lewis:
Carer’s Allowance Dan Whitworth and carer Karina below (in her lovely daughter Amber’s room below)
Credit card min payments with Debt Camel’s Sarah Williams
Frank Field tribute
ISA changes
Do tune in!

There is a LOT going on at 12pm @BBCRadio4 with @paullewismoney: Carer’s Allowance @bbcdanw and carer Karina below (in her lovely daughter Amber’s room below) Credit card min payments with @DebtCamel’s Sarah Williams Frank Field tribute ISA changes Do tune in!
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Can you afford your car? 🚗

Today insurers face MPs over the price of our premiums.

But what about other costs? Are they driving you round the bend? What’s the alternative?

Felicity Hannah is joined by Rachel Burgess & The Car Expert

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Are you in control of your cash?

Figures from the Financial Conduct Authority suggest fewer of us are struggling with bills compared to last year, so can you finally beat your bills?

Felicity Hannah is with Martyn James & Jay Lowe from CitizensAdvice to answer your q’s.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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On today’s programme with Paul Lewis

💷National Insurance cuts
🏠 Council Tax rises
👶🏼 Changes to Child Benefits

We can tell you what to means for your finances.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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In the week council tax rises for most households in E&W by more than inflation, new figures from a debt charity show a sharp rise in people with Council Tax arrears and how much they owe. With Peter Tutton of StepChange on BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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In the week council tax rises for most households in Eng/Wales by more than inflation, new figures from a debt charity show a sharp rise in people with Council Tax arrears and how much they owe. With Sarah Rogers and Peter Tutton of
StepChange on BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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Resenting renting?

🏠 Renters are more likely to be in their overdrafts than those with mortgages according to new research.

Felicity Hannah has Sarah Pennells richard donnell & Generation Rent on the programme to answer your questions and comments.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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It's also 25 years since the introduction of tax-free Individual Savings Accounts - ISAs by Gordon Brown in 1999. This year's £20,000 allowance runs out on 5 April - is there still time to use it? With Alice Haine on @moneybox noon @bbcradio4.

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Gas and electricity costs down from Monday but standing charges up. Is it worth switching to a fixed rate given forecasts that prices will be lower in July and October than now? With Dan Whitworth and Harry Kind of Which? on BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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Pay rises for people on minimum wages start 1 April. Top rate rises to £11.44/hour a near 10% rise, and 21/22 yearolds get it too. All other rates for 16-20s more than £1 extra. 25 years on how has min wage changed things? with Alfie Stirling of @JRF_UK BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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Coming up at 12pm BBC Radio 4 Paul Lewis hear what Anya, Ffion & Amelie from Tytherington School Sixth Form make of raises in Nat Min Wage Dan Whitworth
Also:
Time to switch energy deals?
ISA changes
Funded childcare
Council tax rises
Jess Quayle in charge!

Coming up at 12pm @BBCRadio4 @paullewismoney hear what Anya, Ffion & Amelie from @TytheringtonSch Sixth Form make of raises in Nat Min Wage @bbcdanw Also: Time to switch energy deals? ISA changes Funded childcare Council tax rises @JessQuayle in charge!
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Wills can seem like a boring admin task but they can also be very emotional and complex.

📄 🖊️ More than half of adults don’t have one according to research.

Felicity Hannah has Jade Gani TEP & Nina Sperring from Price Slater Gawne to answer your Q’s 🤔

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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What should you do if you're struggling to keep up with your mortgage repayments?

Felicity Hannah is joined by Skipton Building Society StepChange and Sally Mitchell from The Mortgage Mum (Sarah Tucker) at 3pm to answer your questions.

Listen live or catch up: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Meet Phil Gamble who got chased by bailiffs for £1700 of debt… owed by a complete stranger. Hear his story, and industry plans to raise standards, with Paul Lewis Dan Whitworth Gary Rycroft 12pm BBC Radio 4 +
Tax thresholds
Car finance
Stamps!
Sarah Rogers behind the glass!

Meet Phil Gamble who got chased by bailiffs for £1700 of debt… owed by a complete stranger. Hear his story, and industry plans to raise standards, with @paullewismoney @bbcdanw @GaryRycroft 12pm @BBCRadio4 + Tax thresholds Car finance Stamps! @SarahRogersNews behind the glass!
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'We are fully authorised to attend your address' frightening letter one listener received about £1700 owed by a complete stranger. And then he was told he had to prove to bailiffs it wasn't him! With Dan Whitworth and Gary Rycroft on your legal rights BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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Buy your 1st and 2nd class stamps now to save 10p on the new massive cost of £1.35 and 85p from 2 April (warning shops and POs will be closed over Easter!) one listener tells me he's still using stamps he bought for 19p and 27p. With Sandra Hardial on BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

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Chatting to Paul Lewis on BBC Radio 4 BBC Money Box at midday about why Jeremy Hunt’s 2% cut is not as generous as it sounds.

Office for Budget Responsibility says that there will be 3m additional taxpayers in 24/25 and GOV.UK will raise c.£72bn through frozen allowances by 2028/29.…

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