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You and Yours: Complaints about solicitors published online

Complaints about solicitors published online

22/08/2012

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Complaints about solicitors published online

Solicitor complaints, energy companies profiting unfairly, and pet owners' flea problems.

Ofgem says energy companies are profiting from turning their wind turbines off. Plus complaints about solicitors to be published online, and pet owners struggle with fleas.

The energy regulator Ofgem says that energy companies are profiting from compensation payments. Energy companies are paid compensation when they have to turn off wind farms because the national grid is overloaded with electricity. We hear why the government thinks these profits are unfair on consumers who end up footing the bill. 

The legal ombudsman is planning to put complaints about solicitors up on its website for everyone to see. But is reading complaints the best way to find out if a lawyer is any good? We hear from one senior solicitor who is advising the ombudsman to proceed with caution. 

The government wants more of us to rent in future. A report from the Department of Communities will suggest that developers will no longer have to commit to build affordable homes but build homes for rental instead. The chair of London's biggest new housing development - in the Olympic Park explains why they are hoping to target families who will rent long term. 

The media regulator Ofcom has decided that mobile and broadband company Everything Everywhere can start to roll out 4G - the next generation of mobile broadband technology - from September. Other operators will have to wait until the end of the year for the new spectrum to be auctioned. What can consumers do to take advantage of this new superfast broadband?

You & Yours has heard from pet owners struggling with the problem of fleas. But are fleas on the increase and could this be down to the products we use to de-flea our pets? We hear from a vet who has been tackling the problem pests. 

Presented by Winifred Robinson
Produced by Olivia Skinner.

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