Cosmetic Crackdown; Are You Owed Money?; Heating Switch-on
Do the government's plans to tackle "cosmetic cowboys" go far enough? And a new report highlights how the harm caused by fraud continues long after the event itself.
Today the Government has announced plans to "crackdown on cosmetic cowboys" with restrictions on high-risk procedures and who can carry them out. We hear from Love Island star Faye Winter about her experience of "botched botox" injections, Karin Smyth is Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care about whether the new rules will safeguard people like Faye in the future. We also hear from Keith Allison is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon, and cosmetic surgery co-lead at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
People are holding off putting their heating on this year mor than ever - we hear why and how people are coping and discuss the coming winter and later energy price hikes with Sabrina Hoque energy expert with Uswitch.
And we investigate the debt collection firm Are You Owed Money Limited after listerners who own small businesses contacted us reporting the firm had recovered debts on their behalf but then held onto the money.
PRESENTER WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER CATHERINE EARLAM
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