Too many rights make a wrong?
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
The government has made an immediate U turn on one of its key employment-rights pledges announced in this weeks' budget. We ask why it's happened and what it means for employers. Also, Felicity Hannah takes a deeper dive into this weeks' budget with our regular panel of experts. And it's Green Friday. Why is today the biggest day of the year for the growers of the UK's Christmas trees?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett. For most of my career, I've been on live radio, and I love it. |
| 0:13.3 | But I've always wondered, what if we'd had more time? How much deeper does the story go? |
| 0:19.2 | I remember having this very sharp thought |
| 0:21.7 | that what you do right now, |
| 0:23.6 | this is it, this defines your life. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm ready to talk and ready to listen. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm insulted by how little the medical community |
| 0:32.1 | is ever bothered with this. |
| 0:33.9 | Ready to talk with me, Emma Barnard, |
| 0:35.6 | is my new podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, |
| 0:42.6 | podcasts. Wake Up to Money from BBC Five Live. Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money, a U-turn on |
| 0:50.2 | day one protection for workers against unfair dismissal. Now, the Employment's Rights Bill will mean workers wait six months. |
| 0:57.7 | We'll dig through the latest changes and ask if it's watered down or if it's just to make it workable for businesses. |
| 1:03.9 | And in case you missed it, I certainly didn't. |
| 1:06.9 | The budget was this week. |
| 1:08.1 | Millions of people will pay more in tax. |
| 1:10.3 | Our expert panel are here to talk through the key announcements and what they mean for your money. |
| 1:15.4 | Plus, I know it's still November, but is it ever too soon to buy your Christmas tree? This weekend will be one of the busiest for Christmas tree sales. |
| 1:24.1 | So we'll speak to one of the biggest wholesalers of the trees in the UK. |
| 1:28.4 | Wake up to Money with Felicity Hannah. Good morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money. Welcome to Friday. |
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