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You and Yours: Charity Mailing Lists Investigation

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30/07/2015

Charity Mailing Lists Investigation

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Charity Mailing Lists Investigation

How charities share donor data, and Unicom is fined for mis-selling phone contracts.

You and Yours investigates how charity donors have their information shared and end up bombarded with letters. And Unicom is fined for mis-selling phone contracts.

You and Yours investigates how some charities share their donors' details with each other and how it can lead to older people being bombarded with letters. We ask the Fundraising Standards Board if the rules need to be changed.

The communications regulator Ofcom has fined Unicom for mis-selling phone and broadband contracts to small businesses.

The Green Deal - the coalition's flagship energy saving policy has been scrapped. The government has announced an independent review of energy schemes. Which of them are working for consumers and which are not? We speak to Peter Bonfield, who is leading the review. If you would like to contribute to his review by sharing your experience then email: energyefficiencyreview@decc.gsi.gov.uk

The student who was promised she would receive a loan to cover her tuition fees at university is told half way through her first year she won't be getting it. It leaves her £9000 in debt. How many other students are affected?

Producer: Lydia Thomas
Presenter: Winifred Robinson.

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