'We know apprenticeships work'
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
From now, the over 75s will have to start paying for their TV licences. We speak to the BBC’s Director, Policy Clare Sumner about what the BBC is doing about the 1m pensioners who will receive demands for payment but should be exempt.
In his summer statement, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised a bonus for employers who hire apprentices over the next six months because “We know apprenticeships work”. But the latest Ofsted figures show that 42% of apprenticeships inspected in England are either inadequate or require improvement - and that they are struggling to inspect at all due to lack of resources. Money Box speaks to the Skills Minister Gllian Keegan MP.
And the debt collection firm that is demanding money from people who don’t owe it. What to do if it happens to you.
Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Kafui Okpattah Producer: Alex Lewis Editor: Emma Rippon + Ravin Sampat
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:10.8 | The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that. |
| 0:17.5 | With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts |
| 0:21.9 | to helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're |
| 0:27.8 | all put together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music |
| 0:33.5 | in your life, check out BBC Sounds. |
| 0:41.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast. I'm Paul Lewis. |
| 0:45.3 | As the government announces new incentives for businesses to take on apprentices, |
| 0:49.3 | Ofsted inspectors say more than four in ten apprenticeships in England are inadequate or need improvement. |
| 0:55.6 | The Minister in charge talks to Moneybox, the debt collection firm that's demanding money from people who don't owe it, |
| 1:02.1 | and how not to get stung by thieves if you buy gig tickets on Twitter. |
| 1:07.3 | But first, more than a million people over the age of 75 must take action this summer to keep their free TV licence. |
| 1:15.5 | The free licence for everyone over the age of 75 has ended. |
| 1:19.7 | From today, only people over 75 who also get a means-tested benefit called pension credit |
| 1:25.6 | and register with TV licensing will be able to watch or record live TV or use BBC iPlayer without paying for a licence. |
| 1:34.6 | Jan Short turns 75 later this month. She's one of those who won't get a free licence. She applied for pension credit but was told her income was £2, 10 pence a week too much. |
| 1:46.0 | Jan is also General Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention. |
| 1:49.4 | How are her members feeling? |
| 1:51.6 | They are very, very, very angry that the oldest and the most vulnerable of our society |
| 1:59.3 | who've turned an awful lot for this country, you know, |
| 2:03.6 | worked and paid their way, still paying in some respects, should not have something like this |
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