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You and Yours: Bailiffs, Cheaper Weddings, Webcam Travel

14/01/2021

Bailiffs, Cheaper Weddings, Webcam Travel

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Bailiffs, Cheaper Weddings, Webcam Travel

Some of the biggest debt charities are reporting a huge surge in complaints about bailiffs

A coalition of money support charities is calling on the government to stop all bailiff doorstep visits immediately to prevent serious risks to public health.

Some of the biggest debt charities are reporting as huge surge in complaints about bailiffs. 
Citizens Advice, says it's had over 5000 people reporting over 13,000 problems with bailiffs in recent months.  
Bailiffs were banned from going to people's homes in the first lock down but the ban was lifted in August. 
We hear from the charity Step Change who is calling on the government to stop all bailiff doorstep visits immediately to prevent serious risks to public health.

Online activity and traffic to thousands of webcams set up around the world has surged during the lock down. Video streams of nature and wildlife spots have proved particularly popular. We speak to one woman about why live webcams have been so important to her while she's been stuck at home in Hampshire...

Thousands of people in buildings with dangerous cladding, similar to that used on Grenfell Tower, are facing massive bills to replace the cladding and are paying for fire wardens to patrol the buildings for safety. The government has made £30 million pounds available for fire alarms, but cladding campaigners fear the solution is not that simple...

And we've been hearing from listeners who've had much, much smaller weddings than they'd originally planned due to Covid restrictions. Some have even saved a lot of money. We find out if the small and inexpensive wedding might be making a come back.

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