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You and Yours: 14/10/2010

14/10/2010

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The spending cuts review, the low take up of social energy tariffs and electronic waste.

What the public think the Government should cut in the spending review, supporting the UK's carers and why the level of awareness of social tariffs has remained low.

The government promised to ask the public what they thought should be cut as part of the spending review - but we have discovered that more than a quarter of the meetings were only attended by a dozen people. So how useful was the public consultation? All the major energy suppliers have to offer their most vulnerable customers cheaper tariffs. Social tariffs offer cheaper energy deals and extra free services to certain customers. We ask why the awareness of how to get these tariffs remains low.
And what to do with E-waste from the the millions of tons of old computers and mobile phones on the scrap heaps of the world. Between them they contain more gold and silver than the average mine. Disappointment as the mobile phone company Orange decide to scrap one of its literary awards - The Orange Prize for New Writers. 
And do you think children should be invited to weddings?

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