Money Box Live: New Financial Year
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
From 6th April, there's set to be a host of financial changes. From household bills, changes to pensions, national insurance and help for energy bills. Almost every household will be affected in some way.
We breakdown the main things that you need to know and put your questions to a panel of experts - Helen Thornley, from The Association of Tax Technicians and Sam Richardson, Deputy Editor at Which? Money Magazine.
Presenter: Dan Whitworth Producer: Amber Mehmood Reporter: Hannah Mullane Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast 3pm, Wednesday 5th April, 2023)
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| 0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
| 0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
| 0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
| 0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
| 0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for |
| 0:21.7 | Lucan. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex Fontunzelman. This is |
| 0:27.8 | the Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Welcome to this podcast of Moneybox Live, the program about your money. Early April is a big date in the diary for the world of personal finance. A new tax year starts on Thursday the 6th and it means lots of changes courtesy of HMRC and many household bills get an annual price rise too. Not forgetting, changes to pensions, |
| 0:56.7 | national insurance, and, just at the weekend, help for energy bills. Almost every household |
| 1:02.1 | will be affected one way or another. So how can you minimize the hurt and make the most of any |
| 1:07.1 | opportunities? We'll tell you everything you need to know and put your questions to our |
| 1:11.7 | expert guests. I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Helen Thornley, a tax expert from the |
| 1:17.2 | Association of Taxation Technicians and Sam Richardson, Deputy Editor at Which Money |
| 1:22.2 | Magazine. Hello to you both. |
| 1:23.7 | Hello, Dan. |
| 1:24.7 | Hello. But remember, this is your show. We want to hear from you. |
| 1:28.7 | If you've got questions or comments about household bills or tax changes or anything we |
| 1:33.8 | discuss in the program, please do send me an email. |
| 1:36.6 | Our address, Moneybox at BBC.co.uk. |
| 1:39.8 | Or tweet us, we're at Moneybox. |
| 1:42.0 | And more from Helen and Sam in just a minute. But first, |
| 1:45.9 | Moneybox was on the road at the weekend. Felicity, Hannah and the team were in Lincoln, |
| 1:50.0 | where one of the people she met was Lee. Thank you so much for stopping at the Moneybox Roadshow. |
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