What would YOU do if you were Minister of the Budget? This is the Money podcast

Economy
By Liam

By This is money

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Whether you voted Labor or not, there is a sense of optimism with every new government. Things can only get better…apparently.

But within days Rachel Reeves & co poured cold water on all that – and the gloom and doom about the economy and what might (and crucially might not) be in the budget hasn’t stopped.

Well, Simon Lambert is fed up. That is why he has proposed an alternative budget with less than two weeks to go. Do you agree with him? And what would you do?

Alongside Georgie Frost and Lee Boyce, the trio speaks about budget pessimism. Did it have to be this way?

There has been plenty of speculation that the NI paid by employers will increase and that they may even have to pay NI on pension contributions. What does that mean?

The CPI also fell below the Bank of England’s 2 percent target in September, reaching a three-year low. What does that mean for interest rates?

More major lenders have increased mortgage rates – what’s next for home loans… and what is Sonia, if not an Eastenders character or an 80s pop star?

And finally, there was plenty of speculation about inheritance tax prior to the budget. But what about the here and now… can you really surprise yourself by taking your extended family on an annual vacation?

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