Autumn Statement: Workers to pay less in national insurance – but rate cuts don't offset the freezing of personal tax thresholds Both employees and self-employed workers will pay less in National Insurance from next year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in today's Autumn Statement. All this comes at a greater cost though, which means more detriment in terms of money wasted if you choose the wrong set.

Read on to find out the seven lessons we learned that will equip you if you're planning to buy a Scalextric or other slot car racing set. You can also discover what we ultimately thought of the sets we tested, and which brand is best for you. Scalextric vs Carrera vs Anki Overdrive The brave PAW Patrol members are celebrated heroes in the children's series. Whether people are in need, problems have to be solved or just help is required in everyday matters – the dogs are always there with their equipment. Each PAW Patrol member not only has his own special character, but also his own means of transport – that calls for a race! Now the only question is: which of the cute dogs will be the winner? The friendly dog team will prove itself in any case and you will have so much fun with these canine friends. Compatible with Scalextric spark plug where you plug a dongle into the powerbase to control cars with your smartphone The Scalextric Arc Air powerbase adds a pit stop feature to refuel your vehicles. Simple, but increased the fun factor and tactics needed to race well.Ways to keep your family living costs down, and kids of all ages happy Get our Family newsletter – it's free monthly Scalextric, Carrera or Anki Overdrive: which did we like best? Which features are more fun is, of course, subjective. But for what it's worth, we found the lane changing offered out of the box in Carrera's set added a bit more magic to the race than pit stops and fuel management.

We tested the Scalextric Ginetta Racers set with Arc Air powerbase upgrade, Carrera Digital GT Face off set and Overdrive: Fast and Furious Edition. Scalextric is the synonymous brand in the UK, but others, such as Carrera and Anki Overdrive (now owned by Digital Dream Labs), offer racing ecosystems to rival the popular Scalextric sets. It raises the question: is Scalextric still the best? Compatible with Scalextric digital where you replace the powerbase with Arc Air or Arc Air Pro power base for digital race featuresIt does offer unique racing modes compared to the other systems: including Battle (race until you drain opponents of all their health points), King of the Hill (take out the leader to steal the crown and score points) and One Shot (one health point, last person standing). Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, national insurance and more Arc Air powerbase has wireless controllers, allows up to two cars and adds pit stops, fuel, tyre wear, changeable incident/weather conditions and pace car for single player racing Whether you're after a fun race with friends and family this Christmas, or the perfect gift to give a budding hobbyist, a slot car racing set is the ultimate big-kid present. As such, we can't recommend going for Overdrive over Carrera or Scalextric. Which Scalextric, Carrera or Overdrive set is best for you?

When the meteor creates a super-cat with all of the pup’s powers, the Mighty Pups must harness their new charged up superpowers to take down the villainous Copycat. Now you can charge up your PAW Patrol adventures with brand new Charged Up Hero Pups and vehicles. The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you. Get ready for your mission with PAW Patrol toys and playsets! Your favourite pups are now available in super pup mode with Mighty Pups Super PAWs pups and playsets, or as supercharged heroes with brand new PAW Patrol Charged Up toys. While the supplied instructions are text-heavy, they are clear and easy to follow. By the time we'd got used to how to change the speed and braking settings for our cars we were doing it as fast as an F1 pitstop. It's not lapping the competition by any stretch of the imagination, but if money is no object we found Carrera to be the most reliable and fun system we tested.The Carrera cars were more fragile, with windscreens and rear spoilers shearing off in our durability tests. Autumn Statement: State pension confirmed to rise by 8.5% from April 2024 – while some benefits will go up by 6.7% Team up with Chase and his PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Mighty Transforming Cruiser vehicle for exciting rescue adventures straight off the big screen. It has a super-sleek design, an awesome vehicle transformation, and exciting sound effects and music, with synchronised flashing lights that you see and hear in the film. This deluxe police-themed race-car rescue vehicle makes a great gift for kids! Overdrive vehicles were the toughest - you could have a multi-car pile up and they'd emerge unscathed. Digital Dream labs seem to still have plans to expand the Overdrive system, but at the moment it seems limited to providing app support for existing Anki Overdrive sets.