Healthy Start and Digital Memories
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It's estimated that more than 200 thousand low income parents --in England, Wales and Northern Ireland -- are missing out on government assistance to help them buy food for their children. The Healthy Start Scheme offers money for milk, fruit and vegetables - but uptake is well below the government's target. In response Department of Health says uptake is increasing and it's committed to promoting a healthy diet for children.
The high-cost lender Amigo has said it will halt all lending and wind down its business after failing to raise extra funds from investors. What does this mean for thousands of who’ve applied for compensation believing they were mis-sold loans?
State benefits and pensions paid to tens of millions of people went up this week by 10.1% - almost the current rate of inflation. When can you expect your increased payment?
And what you should do to protect your digital memories after you’ve died?
Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Sarah Rogers Researcher: Sandra Hardial Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast, 12pm Saturday 15th April, 2023)
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| 0:43.2 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast. |
| 0:46.2 | Hundreds of thousands of people who were missold loans by a firm called Amigo will wait |
| 0:51.0 | longer for compensation and get even less of it after the firm announced it will be |
| 0:55.9 | closing down. Most people who get state pensions and benefits will have to wait weeks or |
| 1:01.0 | even months before they see a penny of this week's 10.1% rise. And as more of our life moves online, |
| 1:08.7 | how can we preserve our memories and our legacy when we die? |
| 1:13.8 | But first, more than 200,000 low-income parents are not getting the extra financial help they're entitled to, |
| 1:21.3 | which will pay for vital food for their children. |
| 1:23.8 | The NHS Healthy Start scheme provides up to £442 a year towards the cost of milk, formula, fruit and vegetables. |
| 1:32.3 | But the Department of Health has confirmed that one in every three of those eligible for this money in England are not getting it. |
| 1:39.3 | The take-up is slightly higher in Wales, but in Northern Ireland it's worse, with almost half not getting the money they could. |
| 1:46.6 | There's a different scheme in Scotland. |
| 1:49.0 | Sarah Rogers is here with more details, Sarah. |
| 1:51.2 | Yes, so this is for people on lower incomes who have a child under four and from the 10th week of pregnancy. |
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