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Radio 4,04 Nov 2024,53 mins

Budget Impact on Housing, Chaos Marketing, Dogs in Restaurants

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How will the Budget help the government deliver 1.5m new homes, in five years, and will the raise in stamp duty for private landlords increase the numbers selling up? The latest Ofcom report on the postal services in the UK shows that the numbers of letters delivered have declined 9% in the last year and has fallen by three quarters in the last 20 years. Is cutting the number of weekly deliveries the only rational answer to the viability of Royal Mail? More restaurants and shops are relaxing their attitudes to allowing dogs on their premises, is this a good thing? Gravy sold in beer cans, perfume in cleaning product dispensers and tampons in ice cream tubs, are all examples of so called chaos packaging; is it clever marketing or just confusing? An MP is asking for non-surgical butt-lift treatments to be banned in the UK, after a young mother died. Clinics offering dermal fillers are not currently licensed but should they be licensed in this rapidly growing market? PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON PRODUCER: KEV MOUSLEY

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