4.2 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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This week the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, revealed new measures to help stop mass job cuts in these economically uncertain times. This latest plan - the Job Support Scheme - was spurred on by the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough). From November, if bosses bring back workers part time, the government will help top up their wages. But there are concerns that it does nothing to assist the millions who have already missed out on government help.
We also discuss whether it's worth buying a warranty on a second-hand car. One man spent £400 but was told it did not cover a £2000 repair.
As businesses struggle in the Covid-19 era are they exploiting young workers by getting them to do job trials but refusing to pay them?
And in the podcast the one subject that has dominated emails to [email protected] in recent months... how to get your money back for a cancelled flight, holiday, wedding, concert, football ticket, you name it. We reveal the answer.
Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Dan Whitworth Researcher: Darin Graham Producer: Alex Lewis Editor: Emma Rippon
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0:00.0 | In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers. |
0:08.0 | But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA |
0:12.0 | was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife. |
0:18.0 | Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? |
0:21.3 | When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe? |
0:25.1 | I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA. |
0:28.5 | Steakknife. |
0:29.7 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
0:33.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
0:37.2 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast. I'm Paul Lewis. In today's program, is it worth |
0:42.1 | buying a warranty on a second-hand car? One man spent £400 on one, but was told it didn't |
0:47.8 | cover a £2,000 repair. As businesses struggle in the COVID-19 era, are they exploiting young workers by getting them to do job trials but then refusing to pay them? |
0:59.2 | And the sure-file technique to get a refund when a business owes you money. |
1:03.3 | We put it to the test. |
1:04.9 | We start, though, with the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who revealed his latest plans this week to help businesses large but mainly small |
1:11.6 | with new grants and easier loans. But despite promising to spend even more billions propping up |
1:17.2 | private companies, the reaction has not been unconditional applause. Moneybox reporter Dan Whitworth |
1:22.9 | has been looking at the information we have. Well, the job support scheme is what it's called, |
1:28.1 | Paul. It's replacing furlough which helped nine million people and saw the government pay up to 80% |
1:33.2 | of people's wages at the start of the pandemic. Now, for this new scheme, the government will pay |
1:38.3 | barely a quarter of that. It's open to all small and medium businesses and large ones if they've been affected by the pandemic. |
1:46.8 | Now, employees must work at least a third of their hours to qualify, |
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