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Radio 4,04 Jan 2017,45 mins
Disability benefit assessments, Face cream payment traps, Building costs
You and YoursAvailable for over a year
An assessor who interviewed people claiming the disability benefit Personal Independence Payment tells You & Yours why she thinks people are being wrongly turned down for payments. We'll have the latest on Next's retail figures and what it means for other high street clothing shops in 2017. The fake showbiz gossip stories about Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian and Diane Keaton that can hook you into paying monthly subscriptions for pricey face cream. The celebrities say they don't endorse these companies. A new research paper concludes sugar-free fizzy drinks don't help you lose weight. Dr Anthony Laverty from Imperial College London's School of Public Health is one of the paper's authors and he talks to Winifred about the research. If you're doing any building work in 2017, you'll pay more for basic materials. Is it just down the Brexit or are there other factors too? And, difficulties in the cruise industry, with some smaller companies struggling and cancelling holidays at the last minute.
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