EPISODE · Nov 27, 2015 · 54 MIN
Budget Day fallout - autumn style
As shoppers plotted a course this week through the complicated array of bargains spewed into stores for Black Friday, the Chancellor was hatching a plot of his own to keep news of a £91bn tax raid out of his Autumn Statement. Editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce join Share Radio presenter Georgie Frost for a fun look at this mini-Budget - and shopping. As with all of these things, the devil’s in the retail. Are graduates really going to foot the bill for increased pensions?Are the buy-to-let tax changes going to kill off buy-to-let?What are these help-to-buy Isas? The Chancellor may have announced that he’s going to build 400,000 new homes – but where on Earth is he going to put them?‘I want to see a map, George Osborne!’ demands Lee. Simon admits to getting very excited about negative interest rates, where banks charge customers to look after their savings.Also being discussed: The latest news on Isa ratesWhen phishing scams arrive by SMS and become smishing And shopping. Does anyone actually like the Black Friday shopping event?Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmediaFollow us on X @dmgnewmediaEmail us [email protected] us 020 7938 6000.Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen CraneProducer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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As shoppers plotted a course this week through the complicated array of bargains spewed into stores for Black Friday, the Chancellor was hatching a plot of his own to keep news of a £91bn tax raid out of his Autumn Statement. Editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce join Share Radio presenter Georgie Frost for a fun look at this mini-Budget - and shopping. As with all of these things, the devil’s in the retail. Are graduates really going to foot the bill for increased pensions?Are the buy-to-let tax changes going to kill off buy-to-let?What are these help-to-buy Isas? The Chancellor may have announced that he’s going to build 400,000 new homes – but where on Earth is he going to put them?‘I want to see a map, George Osborne!’ demands Lee. Simon admits to getting very excited about negative interest rates, where banks charge customers to look after their savings.Also being discussed: The latest news on Isa ratesWhen phishing scams arrive by SMS and become smishing And shopping. Does anyone actually like the Black Friday shopping event?Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmediaFollow us on X @dmgnewmediaEmail us [email protected] us 020 7938 6000.Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen CraneProducer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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