Should we hike the income tax-free allowance to £15,000?

Could the personal allowance be raised to £15,570 in the Budget? That's the off the wall idea that emerged this week as a way of Labour nudging ahead if Andy Burnham called an early election.

The podcast team discuss that and Simon's idea for how you could start to reform the tax system.

Time stamps

00:06 – Coming up: personal allowances, energy bills, buy-to-let and working from home

02:01 – Could the personal allowance rise to £15,570?

12:13 – How could Britain fix its tax system?

18:52 – Why are UK energy bills so high?

26:17 – Stock market story of the week: Airtel Money’s London listing

27:47 – Can landlords still make money from buy-to-let?

30:47 – Airbnb cameras: what are the rules?

35:55 – Working from home: is it time to get back to the office?

45:45 – Simon’s stat of the week: the rising cost of diesel