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A GBC investigation has found the removal of physical barriers at the frontier – if a treaty is reached – would be limited to the crossing area. Sources suggest critical installations such as the MoD estate, customs zone and airport infrastructure will remain fenced off. The port and airport would be the controlled entry points, with Gibraltar and Schengen checks there. We analysed the report in greater details with our News Editor Christine Vasquez.We also spoke to Police Superintendent Paul Chipolina briefly regarding the potential changes at the frontier. He has a busy few months ahead, with more leisure activities during the summer months as well as preparations for National Day. He shared how the force is preparing for this busier period. Matchday minus one. A World Cup qualifier takes place tomorrow, as Gibraltar host Croatia at the Estadio Algarve in Faro. On Saturday it will be 10 years to the day that we last played Croatia, a friendly that we lost 4-0. Jose Mari Ruiz was at the press conference in Faro.The Citizens Advice Bureau celebrated the contributions of volunteers around Gibraltar. Their annual awards to mark Volunteer Week usually only apply to those who have worked with the Bureau directly. This year - for the first time - the bureau extended its criteria to recognise volunteers from any charity, with five nominees highlighted for their work at an awards ceremony. We spoke to two of the winners Conchita Triay and Jayne Wink.And, plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet — even in our bodies in the form of microplastics. The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern. World Environment Day 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution, by drawing inspiration from nature. Beth Gadd and Rhian Guillem spend their lives admiring and learning from nature – they're putting together an open day at the Alameda Gardens this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of us take having a bank account for granted, it's one of life's modern conveniences like a toothbrush or house keys. But not everyone can meet the criteria to open one. Amid possible concerns that the banking industry isn't fully meeting its market obligations, Westpac has introduced a pilot scheme. Working with people who wouldn't otherwise qualify, it provides them with a basic bank account service. Sacha Green is a National Advisor with the Citizens Advice Bureau, working on their Campaign for Inclusion in a Digital Age.

Myra Azzopardi – Citizens Advice Bureau...with TRE's Giles Brown 04/04/25

Myra Azzopardi – Citizens Advice Bureau...with TRE's Giles Brown 14/02/25

Myra Azzopardi – Citizens Advice Bureau...with TRE's Giles Brown

0:00 2012年英语专业四级听力 短文11:07 2012年英语专业四级听力 短文22:49 2012年英语专业四级听力 短文32012年英语专业四级听力 短文1If you are a resident, you will find it useful to open a bank account.居民在银行开户其实很有用。All the large banks have a network of breaches across the country, and all offer similar services.所有大型银行都有遍布全国的支行网络，都提供类似的服务。A visit to any one of them will be a friendly experience.去任何一个支行都能体验到友好的服务。However,to open an account, you have to be prepared to prove your identity in a number of ways.然而，要开户，你必须准备好以多种方式证明你的身份。You will find your passport useful, but the bank will also want to see some form of proof that you are living where you say you are.你会用到护照，但是银行也想要看到你能用某种形式证明你生活在某个地方。This can be proved by a housing rent book, a tax form, water or electricity bill for the property, as long as it is in your name.这可以通过房屋租赁书、税务表格、水电费账单来证明，只要是你本人的。In the bank and elsewhere, you may hear the term "utility bill", this simply refers to bills relating to the provision of services to your home, such as electricity, gas, water and telephone.在银行等地方，你可能会听到“费用单”这个词，它是指与家庭服务供应有关的账单，如电力、煤气、水和电话。There are other local facilities, such as post offices, where you can save your money and have access to affordable low cost loans.还有邮局等其他地方设施，你可以存钱，还可以获得便宜的低成本贷款。Where'd they exist in your local area?你所在的地方这些设施分布在哪里？Contact details can be obtained from the Citizens Advice Bureau.联络资料可从市民谘询处索取。2012年英语专业四级听力 短文2Life is very stressful nowadays, so it is useful for us to talk about how to cope with stress.现在人们的生活压力很大，所以讨论一下如何应对压力其实很有用。If you want to reduce some stress, you can reduce this by the word: s-t-r-e-s-s;that's stress.如果你想减轻压力，你可以用“s-t-r-e-s-s”的方法；就是压力这个词。Let's begin with the "s". "S" is that you can have the scheduling.我们先说说“s”。“S”是关于安排日程的。For example, you do not have to schedule too many things in your day, and if you feel you are too busy, you can cut out an activity or two.例如，你没必要在一天中安排太多的事情，如果你觉得自己太忙，可以减少一两个活动。And"t"is treat your body well, because experts say that exercise can reduce stress.“t”是善待身体，因为专家说运动可以减轻压力。And also if you eat healthy food, then your brain and your body get the nourishment they need.如果你能保持饮食健康，大脑和身体就可以得到所需的营养。The next letter is "r". "R" means relax.下一个字母是“r”。“R”是指放松。You can do an activity you enjoy or that relaxes you.你可以进行一项你喜欢或能让你放松的活动。Maybe you can read a book or learn a new hobby and even spend time with your pet.你可以读书或者学习新的爱好，甚至可以和宠物在一起玩。And that could make a difference.这可能会很有用。And the next letter is "e". "E" is about expectations.下一个字母是“e”。“E”是指期待。This means be realistic about yourself and other.这意味着对自己和他人的期待都要符合现实。So you can just do your best and do not try to be perfect.所以你可以尽你所能，不要试图做到完美。And do not expect others to be too.也不要期望别人完美。That will release and reduce a lot of stress for you and the people around you.这样可以减轻你和周围人的压力。And the next letter is "s". "S" stands for sleep. If you get agood night sleep, then it will keep your mind and your body in shape.下一个字母是“s”。S代表睡眠，如果你能睡个好觉，大脑和身体就会保持健康状态。And the last letter is "s" again, which means smile.最后一个字母又是“s”，意思是微笑。If you smile and have confidence, you will think in a more positive way.如果你微笑并且有自信，你会以一种更积极的方式思考问题。And then you will feel more comfortable when you're coping with the stress.面对压力时，你会感觉更舒服。2012年英语专业四级听力 短文3New words enter the English language all the time.新词汇一直源源不断地进入英语。In fact, English has always been in a state of evolution.事实上，英语一直处于进化的状态。And in recent years, more and more words and phrases have entered the language.近年来，越来越多的单词和短语进入了英语。But where do all these new words come from?但是这些新词是从哪里来的呢？Words come out of the culture that they represent and they describe.词汇来自于他们所表示和描述的文化。So if you've got a new development in medicine, for example, bird flu, then you'll get a new word coming out of that.所以如果医学上有了新进展，比如禽流感，那么我们就能从中得到一个新词汇。If there is a military conflict, that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore.如果出现军事冲突，那很可能会出现各种各样的新词。Going back in time, the First and Second World Wars were times of great creativity of language because people from different countries met each other and exchanged their words and words developed from there.回望历史，两次世界大战期间，语言展现了其伟大的创造力，因为不同国家的人们相遇并交换了彼此的词汇，新词由此出现。So,words come from the playground.所以，词汇来源于运动场。They come from politics.词汇来源于政治。They come from any area of life, because every area of life is changing from day today.词汇来自生活的各个领域，因为生活的每个领域都在不断变化。And does English have more words than any other language?英语词汇是不是比其他语言多？It certainly has more than other European languages and probably more than any other language in the world.一定比其他欧洲语言词汇要多，而且可能比世界上任何其他语言都要多。English is put together from so many different bits.英语是由许多不同的部分拼凑而成的。Originally,it was a Germanic language.最初，它是日耳曼语。And then after the Norman conquest in 1066, there was enormous influx of French words.1066年诺曼征服之后，大量的法语词汇涌入。And it comes from a country, the United Kingdom, which was quite an expansive trading colonial power in the past.它是联合王国语言，而过去联合王国是一个非常庞大的贸易殖民大国。And all these have brought all sorts of other new words into the language.所有这些都催生了各种各样的新词。

Lewis O'Neill, an advisor from Motherwell and Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau, joins Angelle McCluskey from Trussell to discuss the cash first work being undertaken in the area alongside colleagues at Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau. The work being undertaken across North Lanarkshire aims to increase access to existing services and to ensure that anyone who is in crisis can secure timely cash first advice and support. Listen now and find out more.

Myra Azzopardi from Citizens Advice Bureau Spain talks to TRE's Giles Brown (15/11/24)

Myra Azzopardi from Citizens Advice Bureau Spain talks to TRE's Giles Brown (25/10)

As we move into October, our MP Damian Hinds provides an update on his recent activities on behalf of the people of East Hampshire. Damian reflects on his attendance at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, where he also participated in education-focused fringe events and noted the strong delegation from East Hampshire. He highlights key local events, including the East Hampshire Dementia Festival in Petersfield, the Roland's Castle heritage and history exhibition, and the milestone birthday celebration of the Citizens Advice Bureau. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Myra Azzopardi from Citizens Advice Bureau Spain talks to TRE's Giles Brown (27/09)

Myra Azzopardi from Citizens Advice Bureau Spain talks to TRE's Giles Brown (23/08)

In this episode of Money Made Simple, Jennie and Liv continue their discussion on how to beat the cost of living crisis. This is part two of our (hopefully super practical and helpful!) two-part episode. While part one focused on smart cost-cutting strategies, part two shifts to exploring ways to potentially increase your income, as well as outlining the resources where you can find immediate, additional support. This episode covers:A list of ways to boost your income through freelancing, side gigs, and part-time jobsOpportunities to monetize hobbies and craft skills, potentially turning your passion into profitHow to turn your household clutter into cashIf you're a homeowner, how you could explore additional ways to help cover the deathly high mortgage costs Longer-term ways to increase your income for future wealth A look at the government assistance available to Kiwis that are doing it particularly tough right now (including accommodation support, KiwiSaver withdrawals and family help)Community resources that can offer additional help for anyone in need in the short-termResources we mention in this episode:- Upwork: https://www.upwork.com- Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com- Freelancer: https://www.freelancer.com- Felt: https://felt.co.nz/- Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ): https://www.workandincome.govt.nz - Citizens Advice Bureau: https://www.cab.org.nz- Community Law Centers: http://communitylaw.org.nz- Salvation Army: https://www.salvationarmy.org.nz- Auckland City Mission: https://www.aucklandcitymission.org.nz- New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services: https://www.familybudgeting.org.nzBy the end of this two-part episode, we hope that you'll have a full suite of practical options to help you both cost-cut and increase your income during these extremely challenging times. And remember - you don't need to do everything all at once; baby steps are the way to go! So maybe start with one small change/step and see how you go %)---Please help us share the good word (and make Kiwis richer and smarter with money) - the more we grow, the more good we can do %) Don't forget to follow, subscribe and rate the podcast if you found it useful!Find us: InstagramFacebookLinkedInDisclaimer: This podcast contains personal opinions and is intended to provide educational information only. It doesn't relate to your particular financial situation or goals and is not financial advice or recommendations. Simplicity New Zealand Limited is the issuer of the Simplicity KiwiSaver scheme and investment funds. For product disclosure statements please visit Simplicity's website simplicity. kiwi.

Disputes between neighbours over things like fences and trees can be fairly common - but what's the best way to get them resolved? Andrew Hubbard from the Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to talk about how to resolve these types of issues without escalation.

A Wellington budgeting service has had its government funding pulled, despite its manager saying they are "busier than ever" as people struggle with high interest rates and the cost of living. It comes as the Ministry of Social Development reviews its contracts with budgeting services. It's understood other providers across the country have had their funding cut. The Wellington Budget Service, run in conjunction with the Citizens Advice Bureau, is staffed predominantly by volunteers but requires funding to pay for a part-time manager and office and IT equipment. It has been funded by MSD since 2017. Last year it received $77,000. Manager David Cameron told Newstalk ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills that without funding, it's possible the service could close. “We're very disappointed, there is a lot of need out there at the moment.” The service saw around 470 people last year, and demand has grown 60% since the beginning of 2024. Cameron says clients are often deep in debt, or struggling with their mortgage. The organisation helps clients create budgets and negotiates debt payments directly with creditors. All services are free. “There are other budgeting services in Wellington, but we're all very busy. Other services refer some of their clients to us. “We expect we'll start to see a few more people as the cuts to the public service start to kick in." In a statement, MSD's general manager safe strong families and communities Mark Henderson said the Ministry had recently completed a procurement process for budgeting providers across the country. The total funding available was reduced as a result of a Covid-19-specific fund for budgeting services expiring. But the Wellington Budget Service was funded prior to Covid-19. After further questions, Henderson referred to a general procurement process. “Preferred providers have been identified following a robust procurement process and unfortunately Wellington Citizens Advice bureau were unsuccessful. “We recognise there is a continuing need for support in Wellington and will ensure that [budgeting] services continue to be provided in the region.” MSD confirmed the cuts were not part of the Government's directive to reduce expenditure. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Collaborative Voices profiles community organizations and their people in a way that actively demonstrates how organizations are working.

Sarah Russell from Perth Citizens Advice Bureau joins the Trussell Trust's Angelle McCluskey to discuss how they're creating a ‘no wrong door' approach to advice in Perth and Kinross. Together they explore how the Bureau is tackling the challenges of working with rural and urban communities, getting local stakeholders on board, and what they hope to achieve throughout the duration of the project.

Citizens Advice Bureau Awareness Week - Anna Leslie from CAB Dunedin says the focus of this year's Awareness Week is youth. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Citizens Advice Bureau deputy chief executive Andrew Hubbard joins Kathryn to look at a new report done by Otago University's Civil Justice Centre into the most common legal problems experienced by Kiwis and what kind of help they need. Citizens Advice Bureau data fed into the report, with researchers looking at it in the context of wider concerns about access to justice and potential barriers to it. So what did they find - and what could make a difference to helping people? 

Andrew Hubbard speaks to Kathryn about the troubles the Citizens Advice Bureau sees with car finance, and what to look out for with tricky insurance add-ons.

Dozens of migrant workers in Queenstown are being exploited by employers who are not meeting the minimum conditions required by their visas, the Citizens Advice Bureau says. It says the workers' visas are tied to their employers and they're afraid to speak out. Two men in that position spoke to our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown.

Dozens of Chinese migrant workers have been left jobless and destitute after paying thousands of dollars for work visas - only to be left with no work or dismissed by their employer shortly after they arrive. Others claim the jobs were fake and they didn't get a single day of work. The Citizens Advice Bureau is representing eight Chinese workers. Its National Policy Advisor Louise May is with us now...

The Auckland Council will today have a clearer picture of what is to come from Mayor Wayne Brown's budget proposal. The super city is looking down the barrel of a $375 million deficit, including $50 million needed for storm recovery. Wayne Brown wants to keep rate-rises to a minimum, with plans to sell the council's airport shares dividing the masses. Auckland's Citizens Advice Bureau general manager Kate Anderson, and Heart of the City's chief executive, Viv Beck, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has made a last-minute bid to build support for a $2.3 billion sale of the council's airport shares ahead of releasing his final budget proposal today. Councillors were called to two confidential meetings yesterday, one in the morning on the sale of the airport shares and one yesterday afternoon to discuss a draft of the mayor's final budget proposal. Brown will release his final budget proposal in the board room at Auckland Transport at 8.30am this morning - a day later than planned. At yesterday morning's meeting, staff from Flagstaff, the Australian firm engaged by the council to advise on the sale, addressed councillors via video link. The meetings come the day after Brown condemned “Labour MPs in waiting” for not getting behind his plan to offload the airport shares and an earlier report that Brown believes he only has nine votes to sell the shares with 12 votes against. However, a handful of councillors are believed to be wavering on both sides. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is keen to sell the council's shares in Auckland Airport. Photo / Greg Bowker Ever since his first budget proposal before Christmas, Brown has made the sale of the council's 18 per cent shareholding in Auckland Airport the centrepiece of a plan to address a budget hole, now standing at $375m, and in line with an election promise to “stop wasting money”. Brown's preference is to sell the shares, keep rate rises as low as possible - hopefully around the inflation rate of 6.7 per cent - increase debt by no more than $100m, and moderate spending cuts, including reinstating a $2 million cut to Citizens Advice Bureau. If he cannot sell the shares, Brown has threatened to reinstate deep cuts to social services and the arts and said rates could rise up to 13.5 per cent. In an interview with the Herald yesterday, Brown zeroed in on “Labour MPs in waiting” who, he said, knew selling the shares was the right thing to do but were telling him they had been contacted by the unions and others, so they didn't want to do it. “The council is not a waiting room for would-be MPs, they are here to do what I am here to do, which is to stop wasting ratepayers' money,” said the mayor. Brown did not name the councillors with ambitions to be MPs, but several councillors have strong ties to the Labour Party and a potential future in national politics. One Labour councillor, Josephine Bartley, said she is not in the camp of being an MP in waiting. “What I look at is what is best for Auckland not because of any deals or future political prospects,” she said on social media. Brown reminded councillors that only 4 per cent of Aucklanders supported higher rates during public consultation on the proposed budget and most supported a full or partial sale of the airport shares. “There are a lot of people out there with mortgages in a spot of bother, and I feel sorry for them. I don't want to make it any worse,” he said. - Bernard Orsman, NZ HeraldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're like me and you're never sure about the financial competency of the people elected to council, the next week is going be a big test. Because over the next week, the council of the country's biggest city, Auckland- so presumably some of the brightest councillors in this country, purely because there are more people to choose from- are going to decide and then vote on whether they will sell the council's airport shares. Now you don't need a university degree to tell you Auckland needs to sell its airport shares. And yet, there are apparently 12 councillors who don't want to, which beats the 9 councillors who do.  So it will fail at this stage. And that doesn't make any sense. Because why keep paying $90m-$100m in debt servicing every year so you can pocket a dividend of $40 million this year? Auckland doesn't own enough shares in the airport to have a seat on the board and 18 percent doesn't get you a say over what the airport does. And that ownership is only going to be diluted when the airport goes for a capital raise.   Probably much like you, I remember the lessons we learned from the 80s, and I don't like selling collectively held assets unless we absolutely have to. My first reaction was a no when I heard Wayne Brown first pitch the idea. Since then, I've seen the numbers and it's impossible to argue against- we have to. We can put Auckland's money into a smarter asset. It sounds nice to own a fifth of the airport, but nice doesn't pay the bills.  Tell you what does pay the bills- pushing up your rates, or deep cuts to things some of those councillors care about, like money for homeless people or the Citizens Advice Bureau. You and I are financially literate enough to know there is no money tree and the books have to balance. Let's see if the Auckland councillors know that too. The next week will be telling. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mayor of Auckland Wayne Brown has softened his stance on the city's arts sector and social services, which previously faced sweeping budget cuts. Citizens Advice Bureau, homelessness initiatives, regional events, and arts and culture funding are now certain of some funding at least. The mayor's controversial budget proposal received feedback from 41,000 Aucklanders, breaking records. Wayne Brown declined an interview. Auckland's deputy mayor Desley Simpson spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.

Relief as Auckland mayor Wayne Brown says he'll reduce the severity of proposed cuts to council services. Funding for the Citizens Advice Bureau, arts and culture programmes and local boards were facing the axe to fill a $375 million budget hole. North Shore Councillor Richard Hills says councillors still need to vote on the change, and find a way to fund the gap. He says Brown has heard from the community, with consultation showing about 70 percent of people opposed the cuts to regional services. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Council's soaring budget hole, storm costs and higher water bills could cost the average household another $560 a year during a painful cost-of-living crisis. But a ratepayer group is calling for the council to sell assets and make large-scale cuts to its costs “rather than reaching into ratepayers' wallets”. Watercare has locked in a $116 rise in the average water bill from July and yesterday's bad news that the council's budget hole and storm-related costs have soared to a combined $375 million could lead to a rates rise of $446 for the average household. The annual water bill is rising by 9.5 per cent from $1224 to $1340 and rates could rise from $3306 to a maximum of about $3750 for the average home. The extra burden on household budgets begins on July 1 - the day after the 25-cents-a-litre fuel tax subsidy ends. It also comes as the looming recession is tipped to be deeper than previously thought, Kiwi families face the prospect of a hard-hitting interest rate crunch as mortgages come up for renewal, and the Reserve Bank forecasts rising unemployment. Auckland households face even bigger rises in council costs than was first thought. Photo / Alex Burton The council's budget hole rose from the $90m-$150m range estimated last year to $295m earlier this year and now to $325m. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown blamed a combination of council debt, higher interest rates and his predecessor Phil Goff using a one-off Three Waters payment of $127m to prop up last year's budget. “Enough is enough. We must get serious about the council's financial position. I did not create this hole, but I am determined that the council fix it, so it doesn't just keep growing,” Brown said. “Unless we can set Auckland Council on a path of financial sustainability and reduce our debt, then this gaping hole will only get bigger in the years to come.” As well as the budget hole, group chief financial officer Peter Gudsell said storm-related costs in the budget had risen from $20m, for things such as higher insurance premiums, to $50m for repairs and maintenance to council assets and setting up a recovery co-ordination office. In theory, rates could rise by 22 per cent to plug the budget hole and pay for storm-related costs, but a rise is limited to 13.5 per cent because that was the highest level set during the budget consultation process. It is now up to councillors to decide on a mix of options to produce a balanced budget by the end of June. The Auckland Council is having to trim costs at its headquarters and other businesses. Photo / Doug Sherring This year's draft budget was already one of the most challenging in the 13 years of the Super City before yesterday's bad news - containing many difficult and unpopular choices to plug a $295m shortfall. In his earlier draft budget, Brown proposed a mix of measures to produce a balanced budget, including cutting unnecessary and inefficient spending, demanding better performance from council organisations, reducing debt servicing costs by selling airport shares, increasing rates and potentially borrowing up to $75m. The council's shares in Auckland Airport are currently valued at $2.2 billion. Among the most contentious proposals are plans to cut regional, community and social services by $20m and regional contestable grants by $3m in the areas of arts, culture and events. It was proposed to cut funding for things such as Music in Parks, CultureFest and Botanic Gardens events, while $2m would go from the Citizens Advice Bureau, and funding for homelessness initiatives would stop. Local boards are also in line for a $16m cut in funding activities. A mayoral spokesman said it was too early to consider what further cuts could be on the table. Brown still planned to keep rate rises as low as possible, “but we can't say at this stage how low we can keep them”. Events such as Sculpture in The Gardens at Auckland Botanic Gardens could have funding cut under budget proposals. Photo / Doug Sherring Until now, the proposal has been for a 7 per cent rates rise but, with rating changes, it equated to a 4.6 per cent rates rise for households. The earlier $20m “storm respond fund” was expected to add 1 per cent to general and household rates. Gudsell said that, like other sectors of the economy, the council's finances had been battered by economic factors over the past six months. “We've seen cost increases reflect inflation levels in a number of areas. These increases are particularly affecting the price of utilities such as electricity, and impacting the cost of asset renewals, meaning a rise in the amount of money we need to set aside for depreciation.” He said the final budget would require trade-offs, including ownership options for the council's airport shares, higher rates and prudent use of debt. “Different trade-offs have different consequences, and this now needs to be considered as part of the process to set the budget.” Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance spokesman Jordan Williams said nothing should be off the table. ”It is no longer enough to go through the budget with a fine tooth comb to pick and choose what pet projects are worth keeping - large-scale cuts are needed for anything that is not a core council function,” Williams said. ”The rising cost of living, mortgage rates rapidly increasing and households under significant pressure from recent weather events means it is time for Auckland Council to show some courage and front up with significant cost cuts and asset sales rather than reaching into ratepayers' wallets.” - Bernard Orsman, NZHSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to share a new report which calls for the government to wipe the debts that clients owe to the Ministry of Social Development.

A petition with 20,000 signatures was handed to Auckland Council today in a last-ditch effort to halt budget cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau. Consultations on the council's draft budget will be closed at 11pm. Our reporter Felix Walton was there.

Submissions are rolling in against a proposal to cut funding to Auckland's Citizens Advice Bureau. Auckland Council is currently consulting on a plan to cut the organisation's $2 million in annual funding, as part of a wider effort to curb education and community spending. Advocates for the mostly voluntary-run service say the loss of funding would sound the death knell for the service and the city's 32 offices would likely be forced to shut by Christmas. Last year, Auckland's 880 volunteers helped 163,000 people; providing support and informing clients of their rights across a range of everyday issues, including immigration, housing and tenancy problems, benefit entitlements, employment disputes, and relationship issues. The Auckland Council has a budget deficit of $295 million for the 2023-2024 financial year and is looking to cut $20 million of regional services, such as community and education programmes. Kathryn talks to Kate Anderson, general manager of the Central Auckland CABs, about their fight to maintain funding.

Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Susie to talk through some tips for Christmas on a budget, and the support that's available if you're struggling.

It's a Y2K-pop extravaganza as Chris and Glen emerge from their unplanned and unannounced hiatus to dissect 72-year-old Patty McG's brief-but-memorable guest appearance reprising the role of Number Six for (the final eight minutes of) the Season 12 Simpsons episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes." Cowabunga! The Simpsons, season 12, episode six — "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Written by John Swartzwelder Directed by Mark Kirkland Originally aired December 3, 2000 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark

Sage House is a dementia hub in Tangmere, West Sussex. Said to be the first of its kind in the UK, the hub is located in a light, airy building of dementia-friendly coloured zones, wide passageways, Daisy's café and numerous meeting rooms for everything from legal advice on drawing up wills and powers of attorney to hairdressing, from Citizens Advice Bureau sessions and dementia assessment clinics to Reiki. The hub provides a one-stop shop to give all the various services that someone diagnosed with dementia and his or her family might need. Crucially, they will also be allocated one person to help them navigate their way around the mind-boggling systems and choices they will now confront. Chief executive Sally Tabbner is passionate about what she does. She was recruited even before Sage House officially opened in 2018 and has taken her team from a staff of three to 36 employees and 66 volunteers who between them over the past 12 months have provided direct support to over seventeen hundred people affected by dementia. So successful has the hub proved that Chichester University is currently evaluating the model to see if it might be rolled out across the UK. Volunteer Ronnie Patmore, whose late wife Dolly used the hub until she died during the first Covid lockdown in 2020, initially felt guilty and doubtful about leaving his wife in the care of others. However, ably supported by Jackie, a dedicated, personal Wayfinder, Ronnie soon realised that the hub and its resources were just what the couple needed. And since Dolly died, he's volunteered at Sage House, helping in the café and, in his inimitable way, cheering up the customers. “I find myself chatting to people starting out on the same journey as I have had,” says Ronnie. “I know what it's like and I hope that if I speak to them I might brighten their day”.Find out more about Sage House at www. www.dementiasupport.org.uk/sage-houseThe book Pippa mentioned, by Peter Berry & Deb Bunt, is called Slow Puncture: Living Well With Dementia, and is available from Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Hubbard, the acting chief executive of Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to look at private sales, like buying of Facebook Marketplace, and what your rights are if something goes wrong.

Our guest Keith Phipps is not just a sterling critic and a dad — an essential component when we cover a movie as openly paternal as 1978's post-WWII espionage thriller Brass Target — he ia also the author of new book examining the career of a singularly idiosyncratic actor. A Degree Absolute! endorses Keith's book Age of Cage absolutely. And Brass Target? Well, minute-for-minute, it has the highest Patty McG purity rating of any film we've covered save perhaps for Braveheart. It's much harder to find but worth the hunt for those such as we. Invest in physical media, people. Brass Target Screenplay by Alvin Boretz, adapted from Frederick Nolan's novel The Algonquin Project Directed by John Hough Released December 22, 1978 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead

A petition for more inclusive public services will be the subject of a one-hour special Parliamentary debate tomorrow. The campaign, run by the Citizens Advice Bureau, calls for government services to be accessible to people in the ways they need; whether that's online, in-person, or over-the-phone. The Citizens Advice Bureau says the public service is heading towards a digital-only future, but over-reliance on online platforms and the removal of people from the delivery of government services is marginalising the most vulnerable. Kathryn speaks to Andrew Hubbard, the acting chief executive of Citizens Advice Bureau about the petition and tomorrow's debate.

It's More Talk About A-Frames and Holes as we slog dutifully through the back half of The Prisoner's 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update.  It turns out Chris did review Serenity, the Steven Knight film he referes to 54 minutes into this episode. Read that review if you wish! Darling, Schiozid, and Checkmate Written by Bill Gallagher Directed by Nick Hurran Initial airdate: November 15 & 16, 2009 Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Write or send a voicemail to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead

We've got good news and bad news for you, Villagers: After a long sojourn examining Patty McG's eclectic-not-checkered filmography, we've returned to Prisoner content… in the form of the 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update. At Glen's suggestion, we are devoting a mere two episodes to this six-episode series, because inflation. Who's hungry for a wrap? Arrival, Harmony, and Anvil Written by Bill Gallagher Directed by Nick Hurran Initial airdate: November 15 & 16, 2009 Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Write or send a voicemail to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead

As we settle into winter, the Citizens Advice Bureau has advice for renters about the requirements for landlords to provide safe, warm and healthy homes. Kathryn speaks to the acting chief executive Andrew Hubbard.

Matty McC meets Patty McG in the battle you didn't know you wanted to McSee! Look, A Time to Kill, the fourth big-studio adaptation of a John Grisham legal thriller to hit theaters in a 37-month period during the first Clinton Administration, is not a great showcase for our man Patty McG. There are just too many high-caliber, high-profile, and high-maintenance players in its stacked cast, and probably too much studio pressure for him to get away with anything weird. (Braveheart, released 14 months earlier, was a long time ago.) Company-man director Joel Schumacher seems to have saved all his creative chits for putting nipples on Batsuits in this era, turning in a serviceable but unshowy piece of work the summer in between Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. He sure does like to spray his actors with baby oil, though. The good news is that our friend Linda Holmes is back this episode, lending her quadruple-threat expertise as (in increasing order of significance) a Sandra Bullock expert, and Grisham expert, an actual-albeit-no-longer-practicing lawyer, and of course as a world-class critic to our examination of the picture. Join us, won't you, on this jurisprudent journey back to nineteen-niner-six. A Time to Kill Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, adapted from John Grisham's novel Directed by Joel Schumacher Released July 24, 1996 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead

Terrible fonts! Racist tropes! Puppetty brontos! A doomed marriage! A movie that was made for no one! Plus Paddy McG phoning it in - hardly a single trilled R! Listen, and catch the opposite of a fever! Prolific podmedian & Eisner Award nominee Jordan Morris joins us to carbon-date a seminal document of his dino-loving youth, BABY, SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND! Starring Rachel the Replicant, The Greatest American Hero, For He's a Julian Fellowes, & Patty McG as the heel.   Baby, Secret of the Lost Legend Screenplay by Clifford and Ellen Green Directed by B. W. L. Norton Released March 22, 1985 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead

Slip into your cardigan, roll yourself a jazz cigarette, and prepare to savor one of Patty McG's juiciest performances as a malefactor as our lovely theme-song singer Casey Erin Clark joins us to deconstruct All Night Long, director Basil Dearden's 1962 adaptation of Othello set in the London jazz scene. PLUS! Casey draws upon her expertise as a voice coach and musician to examine several of McGoohan's most distinctive vocal performances, and presents her findings to the court. All Night Long Screenplay by Neil King and Paul Jarraco Directed by Basil Dearden Released February 6, 1962 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead  

The cost of living is rising, as is the cost of renting. Zoopla estimates that rents are rising at the fastest rate in 14 years, which means that the average rent in the UK is now over £1000 a month. This is partly a pandemic effect, especially in London as people return to offices. But Covid has also shaken people's financial security - the Citizens Advice Bureau found that more than one in three renters felt insecure about their ability to stay in their tenancy during the pandemic. And women were disproportionately impacted - during the pandemic, mothers were more likely to be put on furlough or even lose their jobs. Rising prices are not the only problem with the UK's private rentals market - slow or unethical landlords, unsafe properties or short term tenancies are all problems faced by renters. What more can be done for the almost five million private renters in the UK?  Katy Balls, The Spectator's deputy political editor is joined by Nickie Aiken, the Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster; Karen Buck, the Labour MP for Westminster North, who is also the vice-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the private rental sector; and Esther Dijkstra, managing director of Intermediaries at Lloyds Banking Group, who are kindly sponsoring this podcast.

The cost of living is rising, as is the cost of renting. Zoopla estimates that rents are rising at the fastest rate in 14 years, which means that the average rent in the UK is now over £1000 a month. This is partly a pandemic effect, especially in London as people return to offices. But Covid has also shaken people's financial security - the Citizens Advice Bureau found that more than one in three renters felt insecure about their ability to stay in their tenancy during the pandemic. And women were disproportionately impacted - during the pandemic, mothers were more likely to be put on furlough or even lose their jobs. Rising prices are not the only problem with the UK's private rentals market - slow or unethical landlords, unsafe properties or short term tenancies are all problems faced by renters. What more can be done for the almost five million private renters in the UK?  Katy Balls, The Spectator's deputy political editor is joined by Nickie Aiken, the Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster; Karen Buck, the Labour MP for Westminster North, who is also the vice-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the private rental sector; and Esther Dijkstra, managing director of Intermediaries at Lloyds Banking Group, who are kindly sponsoring this podcast.

Landlords making clauses after the tenancy agreement's signed is on the rise. And the Citizens Advice Bureau says what people try to include is pretty shocking.  The Tenancy Tribunal has just awarded tenants $400 after their landlord added clauses of no trampolines, no parties and no candles – after they'd signed.  National Advisor of the Citizens Advice Bureau, Sacha Green joined Andrew Dickens. LISTEN ABOVE 

A movie for McGoohan die-hards that creator Alexis Kanner the Once-Boxed sued the makers of Die Hard over! Paddy McG and Kanner! Squaring off, with a Montreal radio show as their Thunderdome. A film with all the makings of a taut thriller involving hostages, a building wired with explosives, and McG in fine form: Rolling them Rs! Slamming them consonants! Playing drunk! Almost evincing sexual-adjacent desire! Features more overlapping dialogue than if you played Nashville, A Wedding, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller all at once! Kings and Desperate Men Shot 1977; released (sort of) 1981 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead "All-Time High" Music by John Barry; lyrics by Tim Rice Performed by Townland, from their fine new album Honey on the Hi-Fi Special thanks to Linda Holmes, Gene Demby, and Jessica Reedy

Patty McG's first major project after The Prisoner wrapped up in early 1968 was The Moonshine War, for Sex and the Single Girl director (and title-song lyricist!) Richard Quine. Quine did not write this film's remarkably concise and descriptive title song, "The Ballad of Moonshine," leaving that to Hank Williams, Jr. The great crime writer Elmore Leonard adapted the screenplay of The Moonshine War from his own 1969 novel. No one will argue it's on the level of later, adapted-by-other-screenwriters Leonard translations like Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight, or the TV series Justified, but the seeds are here.  Also here: Richard Widmark! A pre-M.A.S.H. Alan Alda! A pre-fame Teri Garr and a pre-billing Tom Skerritt! A pre-The Waltons Will Geer! Lee Hazlewood of Lee Hazlewood Industries as gun thug Dual Metters! Plus the Patty McG bedroom scene you've been dreading. Here's the condescending and phony behind-the-scenes featurette we discuss on the episode. The Moonshine War Screenplay by Elmore Leonard, from his novel Directed by Richard Quine Released July 1970 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead  

The Citizens Advice Bureau is calling on the Government to protect the rights of people who are renting accommodation, but are not covered by the Residential Tenancies Act. Dr Hubbard says the Citizens Advice Bureau is seeing a growing number of renting-related inquiries, but where clients have no recourse as their situation is not covered by the Act. That includes flatmates, private boarders, people living in the same house as their landlord, and those living in other situations like camping grounds. Lynn speaks with Deputy Chief Executive of the Citizens Advice Bureau, Dr Andrew Hubbard.

Does Mister-not-Doctor Andrew MacDuhui (Paddy McG) hate pets? (He does not, no matter what his low-information neighbors in the fictional Scottish town of Inveronoch think.) Did Walt Disney hate cats? (Our very special guest Disney expert, Josh Spiegel, makes a compelling case.) Were animals harmed during the making of this motion picture? (Most certainly, regrettably.) Our principled stand against pandering to the Internet's insatiable appetite for cat content crumbles as we pad, paw, 'n' claw our merryish way through... The Three Lives of Thomasina Written by Robert Westerby, from Paul Gallico's novel Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Wa God Directed by Don Chaffey Released December 11, 1963 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead