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You and Yours: Gerald Stratford; Furlough deadline; Taxi drivers

01/10/2020

Gerald Stratford; Furlough deadline; Taxi drivers

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Gerald Stratford; Furlough deadline; Taxi drivers

The gardener who's become an online star for growing enormous carrots and cabbages.

The gardener in his 70s who's become an unlikely online star after posting pictures of his enormous carrots and cabbages.

October is going to be a difficult month for some businesses and employees as furlough support from the government is phased out and ultimately ends on October 31st. We find out who will miss out on support, and who will still continue to receive it, under the government's new scheme.

The taxi drivers struggling to make ends meet now a curfew has come into effect in some areas of the UK.

We speak to gardener Gerald Stratford who's become an unlikely  online star after posting pictures of his enormous carrots and cabbages.

New data shows rents in London have fallen 20% as renters decide to move out the capital and a lack of foreign students. We speak to tenants and landlords about their financial situation.

Plus, as a ban on single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in England, we ask what the public's attitude really is towards plastics

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Lydia Thomas

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