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You and Yours: Paying councils to take on public health duties and does it matter if Roma dominate the Big Issue sales force?

Paying councils to take on public health duties and does it matter if Roma dominate the Big Issue sales force?

23/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Paying councils to take on public health duties and does it matter if Roma dominate the Big Issue sales force?

Councils as health police, Big Issue sellers and what not to wear at Ascot.

Consumer news with Peter White. Making councils take on responsibility for public health. Does it matter who sells the Big Issue? And why Royal Ascot is banning fascinators.

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is to pay local councils billions to take on responsibility for health improvements like cutting tooth decay in children, boosting breastfeeding and tackling homelessness.

After a Roma Big Issue vendor in Bristol won her legal right to be recognised as self-employed and therefore entitled to benefits, we're looking at the changing profile of Big Issue sellers across the UK. In some places 80% of vendors are Roma. Does it matter who sells the magazine? Does it change the mission of the Big Issue, which was founded to give a hand up to homeless people?

And - you've been tangoed! We look at the high price paid by Ascot after it slapped orange stickers on race goers who fell short of a new dress code.

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