How much will frozen income tax bands suck out of your pay packet? This is Money podcast

Wages have gone up, but inflation is… the same. What does all this mean for mortgage interest, the state pension, benefits and the economy in general?

One thing we know won’t be affected by the latest figure: income tax brackets. How much will the big freeze – or budget delay – cost us?

That’s on the agenda for Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost this week, as the latest CPI value remained stuck at 6.7 percent.

At the start of the year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set a target of halving inflation by the end of 2023.

And it looked promising. But these latest inflation figures could throw a spanner in the works.

What’s going on at Royal Mail? Some households indicate that they only receive their mail once a week.

Letters for hospital appointments, birthday cards, parcels and important bills have all disappeared due to delays caused by a staffing crisis.

In Brighton, households say they only receive mail once every two weeks.

Choosing an agent to sell your home is so important. With a good real estate agent, finding your buyer seems like a piece of cake.

Choosing the wrong one can cause untold stress, slow down the entire process, and force you to lower your asking price and ultimately sell for less.

So how do you choose a good ‘un’? And what exactly is staring – and why is it making a comeback?

The new Tesla Model 3 arrives on our shores in January – but how much will it cost and is it any good?

If this turns out to be out of your budget range, what about Citroen’s new e-C3, which starts from around £17,000?

And… the fear of range is real – so would you take an electric car on a road trip across the continent?

Paul Barker, automotive journalist for decades, tried it and wrote it down for you…