Whiplash payments and Kobe beef

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Radio 4's consumer affairs programme. The government is meeting insurance companies to discuss ways of cutting the £2 billion compensation bill for whiplash injuries sustained in motor accidents. Animal welfare groups are calling on councils to clamp down on pet markets which they say are not legal 'hobby clubs' as claimed but illegal trading events. Small businesses have criticised the cost of services such as web design and marketing support available in the UK. Steaks from Kobe cows in Japan are the world's most expensive and sought after cuts of meat and they are advertised for sale on menu is upmarket restaurants in the UK but how can this be when the Japanese do not export it.