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Money Box Live: Making Sense of Your Pay

When your payslip arrives, how much do you really know about what the figures mean?

How much do we really understand about our pay?

From frozen tax thresholds to salary sacrifice and minimum wage increases, a number of changes made in the Chancellor's budget might have left you looking a bit more closely at your payslip.

So, what do all those figures mean, what is your employer legally obliged to provide and what can you do if you think your pay is wrong?

Joining Felicity Hannah to answer your questions and comments this week is Dr Hilary Ingham, Professor of Economics at Lancaster University, Funmi Olufunwa, a Personal Finance Expert and financial educator and Kevin Rowan, Director of Dispute Resolution from ACAS the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah
Producers: Helen Ledwick and Sarah Rogers
Editor: Jess Quayle
Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson

(This episode was first broadcast at 3pm on Wednesday 3rd December 2025).

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