Why did Rishi Sunak 削減（する） 税金 and raise 税金 at the same time? The cost of living 危機 Spring 声明 dissected on the This is Money podcast

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Why would you 削減（する） 税金 and raise the same 税金 at the same time? That’s been the わずかに baffled 返答 from many people to Rishi Sunak’s Spring 声明.

効果的に, the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 both 削減（する） and raised 国家の 保険 ? 解除するing the threshold it is paid at but ignoring calls to 'spike the 引き上げ（る）' and ploughing ahead with the 1.25 per cent 存在 追加するd to 率s.

Bizarrely, the 税金 率 goes up in April, only for the threshold to rise and 減ずる 法案s すぐに afterwards in July. And we wonder why people find 税金 税金ing?

On this week’s podcast, Georgie 霜, 物陰／風下 Boyce and Simon Lambert dive into the 詳細（に述べる） of the Spring 予算 to explain what the NI 引き上げ（る） / 削減（する） means for you.

Depending on their 収入s some will be in the group 支払う／賃金ing more than now and some will 支払う／賃金 いっそう少なく?

The team also look at the other 対策 in the Spring 声明 and whether a 5p 石油 義務 削減（する） and some money off solar パネル盤s really 削減（する） the 情熱 in the 直面する of a cost of living 危機.

The Office of 予算 責任／義務 also had some bad news for us: インフレーション is tipped to 攻撃する，衝突する almost 9 per cent, energy 法案s are likely to rise another 40 per cent or so, and there’s the not so trivial 事柄 of the biggest 落ちる in living 基準s since 記録，記録的な／記録するs began in the 1950s. How bad will this feel?

Away from the Spring 声明, the podcast looks at what’s going on with building costs and how to try to get the best 引用する from a 建設業者, stick t o a 予算 and 保護する against price rises.

And finally, you might not go fully 負かす／撃墜する the 隠しだてする POA (price on 使用／適用) 大勝する when selling your home, but should you 指名する an asking price, guide price, or ask for 申し込む／申し出s over a 確かな 量? Georgie, 物陰／風下 and Simon speak a bit of 広い地所 agentese