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Radio 4,26 Jun 2017,45 mins

UK tourism, Missing pensions, Allergy testing

You and Yours

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We bring you the latest in our investigation into a company called Gravity Childcare which said it was going to invest people's pension pots into buying children's homes. The investments were loans and the pension holders expected their money back plus interest - but some investors haven't been paid and former sales company employees are accusing their boss of forging investors' signatures. We report from the TUC conference discussing the rise of insecure work - from self-employment, the gig economy and zero hours contracts. We speak to Matthew Taylor, the Chair of the government-commissioned review into Employment Practices in the Modern Economy. Three of the biggest supermarkets are working on plans to introduce "surge pricing" so the cost of grocery rises and falls depending on demand. New data shows that the UK will see the biggest share of long-haul visitors than any other European country this summer. We speak to data company Forward Keys, which tracks inbound and outbound flight bookings. Mattress mountains are piling up across the UK as recycling firms struggle to dispose of them. We speak to an expert about why they are so hard to recycle. Is buying an online testing kit to see if you have an allergy or intolerance worth the money or even accurate at diagnosing the problem? Doctors warn against using them but people continue to buy them online Our listeners tell us they're not worth the money. People who live on new-build estates are telling You and Yours they're having problems with unadopted areas of land. They're tied in to pay service fees to maintain communal areas near their homes - but they say the management companies are not maintaining the land properly and they struggle to do anything about it.

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