seemingly everything - afford to get by in life. with seemingly everything on - afford to get by in life. with seemingly everything on the high street getting more expensive, every penny counts, which is why some young people feel hard done by. universal credit gives a single person under 25 basic of £265.31 per month, while someone over 25 gets almost £335. if you don t work, you get less than £5 per hour if you are aged 16 or 17, rising to £9.50 per hour when someone reaches 23. 1 get hour when someone reaches 23. i get drained and hour when someone reaches 23. i get drained and depressed because i m working such long hours just to try and help my family. working such long hours ust to try and help my family. working such long hours ust to try and help my family. kasia has a ob workin: in and help my family. kasia has a ob working in a and help my family. kasia has a ob working in a cafe. d and help my family. kasia has a ob working in a cafe. she d and help my family.
afford gas. an even police departments are under strain. this michigan sheriff s office is feeling the pain at the pump as well according to the facebook post and has advised deputies to handle nonurgent calls over the phone. a sign of the times as experts say those who need cars could keep some simple saving tools handy. gas stations offer credit cards and rewards that could net you $3 to $5 off and costco and some other places have regular deals and google maps is your friend to navigate based on fewer hills an traffic. they may not save from pump time dread. i ve 50 and i ve never seen it this high. every penny counts. sam brock reporting for us there. and let s bring in our friend andrew ross sorkin. the prices go up every day and we talk about when they may come back down. we re probably going to cross the national average tomorrow or
ben can explain more. the lights are the easy ones are things but there are these so called devices. these offending items are scarily called vampire devices, because they re phantom suckers of power. you might think they re switched off but they re costing you money. and as you say every penny counts at the moment. we ve been talking a lot energy bills over the past few weeks, the price cap went up at the beginning of the month meaning higher bills for millions of us. there aren t cheaper deals to be had so some of these costs are unavoidable. but, today british gas told us that unused electronics left plugged in, turned on or in standby mode, are pushing up some people s bills without them knowing. the company s research found one in five of us didn t know some items use power even when they re not being used. lots of us admitted to not turning things off completely. so which items are the biggest cuplrits? the tv you re watching me on now is one of the biggest drains on power costin
rise came into effect. the government says the rise of 1.25 pence in the pound will be spent on health and social care. the prime minister said the increase was unquestionably the right thing and showed that the government is prepared to take the big decisions for the country. but labour called it the wrong tax at the wrong time and said the nhs was unlikely to see much of the money. colletta smith reports. it s been a busy few weeks here. with mother s day done, the easter rush is beginning. but sarah s preparing for an increase in her insurance bill, too. national insurance bill, too. it is only a small increase, but every increase at the moment is massive for a small business when we re seeing all the other increases. they don t feel they can up the price of their flowers as customers are struggling, too, and for many, flowers are a luxury. every penny counts, doesn t it? with fuel prices already so high, richard thinks
the other increases. they don t feel they can up the price of their flowers as customers are struggling too and for many, flowers are a luxury. every penny counts, doesn t it? with fuel prices already so high, richard thinks this tax rise is unfair. how much more of a pound do they want? rishi sunak will say it s a small increase. those small increases are coupled along with them huge increases. with all that, it s just not sustainable. it s notjust businesses who will be paying more. lots of employees will too. for the next few months, you ll have just under £10,000 of your wages tax free, and then instead of paying 12% national insurance, you ll have to top up to 13.25%, and more for higher earners. but after facing criticism, the government have tried to soften the blow. so from july, the amount that you can earn before you pay tax will increase to £12,500,