Bills, bills, bills: How can you beat the hikes?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
So, is there any way you can beat the hikes?
Daily host Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s business correspondent Paul Kelso to look at why costs are going up, and gets some advice on how to limit the impact on your wallet from financial advisor and founder of Money Matters, Georgia Taylor.
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| 1:00.3 | Hi everyone, Neil Patterson here, the Sky News Daily, on its way in just a moment. Today, bills, bills. |
| 1:07.9 | Household expenses are rising dramatically from April 1st, so how much more will we be |
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| 1:46.9 | For unlimited all-day travel in London, think TFL. |
| 1:51.0 | With the daily cap fair frozen until March 2027, travel as much as you like on tube, bus, Elizabeth |
| 1:57.9 | line, DLR and overground, knowing you'll never pay any more than £8.0.0.0.0.0. Download TFL Go to plan your journey. |
| 2:08.0 | To the Mayor of London and TFL, every journey matters. Always use the same card of device when touching in and out for full terms and conditions such TFL fare capping. |
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