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Millions Hit By Bill Hikes Amid Labour’s Benefit Cuts

Novara Live

Novara Media

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8577 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Millions of Britons are bracing for bill hikes across the board.

Plus: The number of billionaires in the world hits a record number; and global protests against Tesla hit Elon Musk’s bottom line.

With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of Navarra Life is made possible by Navarra Media supporters.

0:11.6

To become one, go to navaramedia.com forward slash support.

0:18.2

Hello, good evening.

0:19.8

Welcome to Navarra Live.

0:20.8

I'm Aaron Bustani. Tonight I'm joined by Kieran

0:23.4

Andrea. Kieran, how are we? Hi, Aaron. Yeah, well, I went away for a while. I came back and in

0:30.8

between the clocks changed, which means that there is now natural light in this room, which feels like

0:36.3

significant breakthrough.

0:38.2

Coming up tonight, there are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world.

0:43.4

It's 3,200.

0:44.7

That's a new record, by the way.

0:46.0

It's just gone past 3,000 for the first time ever.

0:49.0

US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Luigi Manjone.

0:53.5

And Elon Musk is losing billions of dollars in Tesla stock,

0:58.8

and he's not happy.

0:59.9

He may even be crying.

1:02.0

First oray, it's the 1st of April, which means it's April Fool's Day.

1:07.2

And here's a joke for you.

1:08.9

All your bills are going up with water, energy and council tax, all coming at once.

1:16.0

In 21st century Britain, it seems you can never be poor enough, but it's no laughing matter.

1:21.6

After this week, the average household will see their household bills rise by 416 pounds a year.

1:28.0

That's the average.

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