Best Bits: Buying National Insurance years | Tell Us when you prefer the cheap option.

The Martin Lewis Podcast

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4.2 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Martin’s off air for the next few weeks so it’s a chance to revisit some of the best bits of the year so far. He explains how you can buy voluntary National Insurance years to boost your state pension and why it can be so lucrative. TELL US is about when listeners actually prefer the cheaper option, from sausage rolls to bog rolls.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Martin Lewis and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis Podcast. I do wonder
0:09.6	what that's going to be about. Now, we decided that what you really wanted during the summer
0:14.4	was a whole host of Best of Podcasts. Subtext, I'm taking a few weeks off and we didn't want to
0:20.1	leave you without a podcast, so we've decided to pick a few of the best bits to show you, well, I'm taking a few weeks off and we didn't want to leave you without a podcast,
0:21.4	so we've decided to pick a few of the best bits to show you, well, I'm taking a little bit
0:25.1	of a break and resting these vocal chords. When you talk as quickly as I do, that's quite
0:28.9	important. This episode is looking at the importance of buying national insurance shares
0:34.6	to boost your state pension. We've had some cracking tellers this year too,
0:38.2	so here's another chance to hear when you prefer to buy cheap, whether it's sausage rolls or
0:43.2	bog rolls. And remember, much of these come from by BBC Radio 5 live show. Some of these
0:48.7	will involve a presenter, often Nihal Arthur Nyaka. Oh, they were the days. What do you mean? It was
0:53.9	only a few weeks ago, what you're talking about?
0:55.3	Let's get on with it, shall we?
0:56.8	Play the theme tune.
1:00.8	I got meals.
1:03.1	I got to pay.
1:05.0	So I'm going to work for it.
1:08.4	I got a mile.
1:10.8	I got a feed. So I'm going start a new state. I got a new state pension.
1:11.6	I got a new state pension.
1:12.6	So I'm going to make sure everybody is.
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