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You and Yours: Pension Liberation, BHS, Demise of the Casserole?

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26/01/2015

Pension Liberation, BHS, Demise of the Casserole?

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Pension Liberation, BHS, Demise of the Casserole?

Should pension firms be able to stop you removing money? And we're making fewer casseroles

Pension liberators convince people to part with their savings by promising great returns, but should the law be changed so funds can stop people withdrawing their money?

Savers tempted to re-invest their pensions have found themselves penniless when they discover the great returns they've been offered on investments are nowhere to be seen - and their cash appears to be gone. The Head of the industry's efforts to combat this kind of fraud say they need legal powers to protect people from making life-changing mistakes.

And according to the body which markets English lamb and beef we've fallen out of love with the old-fashioned casserole. It's being cooked increasingly by the older generation but younger cooks are interested in quicker results - we talk about their research and chef Dean Edwards will give us some ideas to re-energise your slow cooking. 

We've a report from Samantha Fenwick with the latest in our series on the cost of living, and she also takes a look at the future of BHS.

Radio 4 is taking a look at knitting today, and we visit one firm which rode the resurgence in crafts which stemmed from recession, with the founder of the Baa Ram Ewe wool shop in Leeds.

And - is mortgage porting the latest big problem for the banks? We speak to more customers who thought they could easily move their mortgage - but they're not quite as portable as they thought...

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