Welfare U-turn

Wake Up to Money

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4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A look into the welfare bill vote after the government offered more big concessions. Sean Farrington also delves into the recommendations that have been outlined following a review of the UK pensions system. And as YouTube urges the government to acknowledge content creators as a profession, we'll hear from one YouTuber over the impact its having on her.

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
0:03.0	Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party.
0:06.7	We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July
0:09.0	for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival.
0:12.8	We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting,
0:15.3	including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane,
0:18.4	and some bloke called Greg James doing his Radio 4 show called Rewinder.
0:23.2	You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts, and the best part is free.
0:28.1	To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires.org-slash fringe.
0:34.2	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:38.5	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:41.7	Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.
0:43.7	A dramatic night at Westminster.
0:45.7	The government wins its vote on welfare reform,
0:48.4	but only after offering backbench Labour rebels more big concessions.
0:52.6	I wish we had got to this point in a different way and
0:55.5	there are absolutely lessons to learn. Elsewhere, employers should be paying pension contributions
1:01.3	even if their employees choose not to. So says a new report. We'll hear from one of its authors
1:06.0	about why and the last decade seen quite the rise of content creators like Jade Beeson.
1:12.0	In today's video, I'm going to be comparing three of the most popular social media management tools.
1:17.0	By the end of this video, you'll know exactly which tool is right for you.
1:20.7	Now, YouTube, owned, of course, by Google's pair and company, Alphabet,
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