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You and Yours: Overdrafts, natural wine, student finances

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06/12/2017

Overdrafts, natural wine, student finances

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Overdrafts, natural wine, student finances

Melanie Abbott takes a look at overdrafts, natural wine and student finances.

The consumer affairs programme takes a look at overdrafts, natural wine and student finances. With Melanie Abbott.

A straw poll by a debt charity suggests that two million people have been overdrawn for a year or more. Should their banks be helping them to get out of debt? The charity Step Change thinks so. They say that three quarters of people believe their wages are enough to pay off their overdraft, but essential household expenses make it impossible to do so. Separate figures out today from the debt advice service National Debtline suggest that more than a third of adults are paying for Christmas on credit. 

You've heard about and probably tried craft beer. But what about natural wine? It's additive-free, handmade and growing in popularity. Wine bars in Leeds, London and Bristol are now pushing natural wines, and the off licence chain, Oddbins has announced it will stock them in some stores. But how do they taste?

And, financially supporting siblings through university. 

Presenter: Melanie Abbott 
Produced: Helen Roberts.

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