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Social Care Charges; Pilots; Housing Market Struggles

Families are starting to take legal action against some councils in England over social care charging.

A lot of people locked down for months and working from home are determined to move to bigger places with balconies, gardens or nearer green spaces.
They're calling it the race for space. Estate agents say they haven't been this busy since 2007 - just before the financial crash. It's reached the point where some are telling potential buyers they can only view a property, if their own property is already sold...

Thousands of pilots across the world have been made redundant. What makes matters worse is that a number of them would have paid for their own training - up to £100,000. Many take out loans to do it. We speak to two pilots about how younger people, who have just qualified, or part way through flying courses, are finding it incredibly difficult in finding work.

Avro Energy are used to getting great reviews. Uswitch named them the best value for money energy supplier in 2019. At the start of this year, after surveying around 8,000 people, Which? ranked Avro Energy third best out of 25 energy companies. But for months now, customers have been in touch with us to complain about how difficult it is to contact them. We investigate why...

And with the housing market in huge demand and short supply of homes to buy and rent in some areas, You & Yours looks into a new way one council in England is looking to resolve the problem. In Cornwall, the council is starting its own property company to try to tackle the lack of affordable housing in the area.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Jay Unger

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39 minutes

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  • Thu 10 Jun 2021 12:18

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