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Money Box Live: Budget Day Special

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2825 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast we breakdown what was in the Spring 2023 budget and how the chancellor’s announcements impact your finances.

The experts on the panel are:

Laura Suter, Head of Personal Finance at AJ Bell Dawn Register, Head of Tax Dispute Resolution at BDO Matt Copeland, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at National Energy Action Subrahmanian Krishnan Harihara, Head of Research at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Amber Mehmood Editor: Beatrice Pickup

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

0:06.5

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:11.2

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

0:16.0

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

0:22.4

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

0:28.3

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

0:33.6

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

0:39.5

BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.

0:43.2

Welcome to the podcast of Moneybox Live, the program about your money.

0:47.5

Well, the briefcase has been waived.

0:49.6

Jeremy Hunt has spoken.

0:51.2

Parliament has cheered and, of course, it has jeered.

0:55.6

What really matters, though,

1:00.4

isn't the theatre, it's what the budget means for you. There was news of a massive expansion to the funded childcare hours available to working parents. The energy bill guarantee has been

1:05.5

extended for a further three months and there was a glimmer of hope for the cost of living.

1:10.3

There were predictions

1:10.9

that inflation might fall to 2.9% and that the UK will avoid recession this year. In the

1:17.0

next half an hour, we have experts on hand ready to answer your questions on everything that

1:22.5

was or wasn't in that speech, from tax thresholds to childcare. Before we talk to our panel though,

1:28.5

let's hear some reaction. Our reporter Peter Ruddick is at the Park Centre Community Centre

1:33.3

in Noel, Bristol, chatting to customers at the cafe. Peter, good afternoon. Yes, good afternoon

1:39.8

from Bristol, yes, as you say. Yep, you've been interrupting people's coffees. What have they been

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