05/03/2012

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Radio 4's Consumer Affairs Programme. New research shows how customers can pay over £300 more a year for the same amount of energy depending on where they live and the tariff they choose. The diet advice on the diabetes website has been criticised by a doctor who says it could well make the condition worse. Later this year restrictions on non lawyers owning and running law firms will be abolished. The aim is that legal firms will become more entrepreneurial and efficient. Supporters say it will lead to less costly services and products that will be easier to understand; critics claim it could do the opposite. British supermarkets are rejecting more fruit and vegetables from foreign suppliers because they are 'ugly'. They say Britain is becoming obsessed with looks over taste;meanwhile A Tory MP agrees and she's setting up a business to sell 'ugly food'. A firm that supplied expert witnesses to courts ruling on disputes relating to the cost of car hire has been closed down and its employees face jail in what has been described as one of the largest legal scams ever.